Tweet
Source: http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_...Society_TAIWAN
Taiwan records 33rd death from influenza A(H1N1)
Central News Agency
2009-12-09 12:00 AM
Health authorities reported yesterday that a 53-year-old woman with underlying health conditions has died from influenza A(H1N1), the 33rd person in Taiwan to die from the virus. The patient, a resident of Taipei County, had suffered from heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, according to the Central Epidemics Command Center (CECC).
?85 percent of those people who died of H1N1 flu had been patients of chronic diseases, ? said Chou Jih-haw, deputy director-general of the Centers for Disease Control.
The total number of H1NI flu infection cases since the outbreak began had reached 766 as of Monday, of which 33 had resulted in death, according to the CECC.
Most of these cases had recovered and been discharged, the CECC said. Meanwhile, as of Monday, 479 classes in 325 schools around the country remained closed because of H1N1 infections among the students.
Taiwan records 33rd death from influenza A(H1N1)
Central News Agency
2009-12-09 12:00 AM
Health authorities reported yesterday that a 53-year-old woman with underlying health conditions has died from influenza A(H1N1), the 33rd person in Taiwan to die from the virus. The patient, a resident of Taipei County, had suffered from heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, according to the Central Epidemics Command Center (CECC).
?85 percent of those people who died of H1N1 flu had been patients of chronic diseases, ? said Chou Jih-haw, deputy director-general of the Centers for Disease Control.
The total number of H1NI flu infection cases since the outbreak began had reached 766 as of Monday, of which 33 had resulted in death, according to the CECC.
Most of these cases had recovered and been discharged, the CECC said. Meanwhile, as of Monday, 479 classes in 325 schools around the country remained closed because of H1N1 infections among the students.