Moscow, May 06: Russia has recorded more than 20 suspected cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and the government is considering closing the border with China, the country's deputy health minister said today. Gennady Onishchenko told the Moscow echo radio that he could not rule out that in the near future the government may examine, "The possibility of a total closure of the border" with China. China, the likely origin of the SARS virus, is also the epidemic's top victim, with a nationwide death toll of 214 and a cumulative number of cases of 4,409. Bureau Report