Health authorities in Serbia said Wednesday they have registered 13 deaths linked to swine flu, a week after declaring an epidemic.
There were also 306 confirmed cases of infection with the A(H1N1) virus, the Institute for Public Health said in a statement, although health officials said the real number of flu could be far higher.
Serbia last week declared a swine flu epidemic and signed a contract with Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis to buy three million doses of swine flu vaccine.
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AFP 181147 GMT 11 09
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