A man dressed in a pig suit symbolizing swine flu "attacks" butchers during a comic performance by students in central Kiev on Nov. 9, 2009. The skit makes light of what appears to be a serious situation in Ukraine. Health authorities there reported that the death toll from an outbreak of flu and respiratory infections, including swine flu, had risen to around 100, with around 450,000 suffering from the flu. They did add though, that the epidemic showed signs of easing.
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