All indications are that the situation is as bad in Belarus as it is in the Ukraine. Unfortunately, Belarus is much more closed than Ukraine, so reports will be late in coming. You can find some information on the real situation by looking at the comments of people to news stories on this site:
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/Examples:
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Three days ago two of my friends died. The diagnosis of pneumonia as a complication of influenza. A friend of a friend they knew and did not communicate. Everyone and tridtsatka nebylo. Died in hospital on the second day, as ill. (protective masks are not worn!)
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People! Look at what they are doing!!
Seriously ill - 5 days to recover and then to the machine - on to infect others !!!!!! 5 days otbolel and went to work and died at work - in the end of Statistics death by natural causes !!!!!!! not influenza
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On our street, this week died 4 young people, the cause of death in hospitals called different, but not H1N1. Four people on our street and then only those who are familiar to me. Such a density of chance? Is this OCR? What is the situation reminds me of Chernobyl. I want to believe that the epidemic we do not, sorry for the people that can not be together, acquaintances or strangers.
How many of you know one person, much less more than one person, who has died of swine flu?