Swine flu cases in Russia total over 920 - top sanitary official

MOSCOW, October 20 (RIA Novosti) - The number of people diagnosed with swine flu in Russia has risen to 927, Russia's top sanitary official said.

On October 15, there were 807 confirmed cases of swine flu in Russia. No one has died in Russia of the virus.

"A total of 927 cases have been officially confirmed across Russia, with 557 cases diagnosed among people who traveled abroad," Gennady Onishchenko said.

A number of schools have been temporarily closed in the country over swine flu fears.

On Monday Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a resolution to allocate 4 billion rubles ($136 million) to buy swine flu vaccines

According to the latest report from the World Health Organization, 399,232 cases of swine flu have been confirmed throughout the world and 4,735 people have died from the virus as of October 11.