DRINK whisky to keep the H1N1 Influenza (A) virus away.
That is what the head of the Russian national football team's fan club is urging fans to do when they visit Wales for a World Cup qualifying tie.
'We urge our fans to drink a lot of Welsh whisky as a form of disinfection,' Mr Alexander Shprygin told Reuters.
'That should cure all symptoms of the disease.'
Experts have said only Tamiflu and Relenza have proven effective in treating the virus.
Britain's Health Protection Agency has said the number of new cases reached 110,000 in the last week of July, reported AP.
Fifty-five cases have been confirmed in Russia.
Russia's Health Ministry has issued a public warning against travelling to Britain because of the spread of the H1N1 virus.
'This would be an extremely unneccesary and inappropriate undertaking at a time of a flu epidemic,' the head of Russia's state health agency Gennady Onishchenko said, according to local news agencies.
But Mr Shprygin said he expected at least several hundred fans would go to Wales for the 9 Sep qualifier in Cardiff.
'Health officials say this virus is very dangerous but being a fan myself I can tell you that for a real fan nothing is more important than the well-being of the team,' said Mr Shprygin, who also sits on the executive board of the Russian FA.
'Russian fans don't fear anything or anybody so this virus will not stand in our way of supporting our team.'
The Russian FA also said health issues should not prevent fans from travelling.
That is what the head of the Russian national football team's fan club is urging fans to do when they visit Wales for a World Cup qualifying tie.
'We urge our fans to drink a lot of Welsh whisky as a form of disinfection,' Mr Alexander Shprygin told Reuters.
'That should cure all symptoms of the disease.'
Experts have said only Tamiflu and Relenza have proven effective in treating the virus.
Britain's Health Protection Agency has said the number of new cases reached 110,000 in the last week of July, reported AP.
Fifty-five cases have been confirmed in Russia.
Russia's Health Ministry has issued a public warning against travelling to Britain because of the spread of the H1N1 virus.
'This would be an extremely unneccesary and inappropriate undertaking at a time of a flu epidemic,' the head of Russia's state health agency Gennady Onishchenko said, according to local news agencies.
But Mr Shprygin said he expected at least several hundred fans would go to Wales for the 9 Sep qualifier in Cardiff.
'Health officials say this virus is very dangerous but being a fan myself I can tell you that for a real fan nothing is more important than the well-being of the team,' said Mr Shprygin, who also sits on the executive board of the Russian FA.
'Russian fans don't fear anything or anybody so this virus will not stand in our way of supporting our team.'
The Russian FA also said health issues should not prevent fans from travelling.
