Russian Soccer Fans Told To Stay Home, Or Drink Whisky
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Russian soccer fans are being some interesting advice to prevent swine flu. The Moscow Times says that chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko first said that Russian students should be banned from studying in Britain because of the swine flu outbreak and then later said that the ban should be extended to soccer fans. A 2010 World Cup series game between Russia and Wales is set to take place in Cardiff on September 9. Onishchenko called the trip "unnecessary" and said that shouting in the stadium could help spread the disease. Russian fans get a bit of relief from the ead of the All-Russia Union of Sports Fans, Alexander Shprygin, who said that fans who do travel to Wales shoud drink the local whisky to protect themselves from the swine flu. He went on to say that by doing this the Russian fans would also be saving the whisky industry because many have stopped drinking whisky in England. Some Russian sports fans have canceled planned trips because of swine flu fears.
