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Updated Wednesday, September 1, 2010 11:29 am TWN, AFP

Moscow death rates rise 50% in heatwave: ministry

MOSCOW -- The number of deaths rose by 50 percent in Moscow in July amid the country's worst ever heatwave, Russia's health ministry acknowledged on Monday, admitting it was slow to react to the extreme conditions.

“July 2010 in Russia saw abnormally high temperatures that immediately pushed up death rates from blood circulation illnesses,” the health ministry said in a statement, the first official confirmation of a spike in deaths.

“The highest growth in the mortality rate — 50.7 percent — was registered in Moscow,” it said releasing year-on-year data for July.

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