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Hungary reports first death from H1N1 flu
Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:02am EDT
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A Hungarian man has died from H1N1 flu, the government said on Wednesday, the first death in the country from the new virus which has killed more than 700 people worldwide since it emerged in April.
The 41-year-old man had heart and lung disease which combined with the virus infection led to his death, surgeon general Ferenc Falus told a news conference.
"From the sample taken during the autopsy for the first time we could identify the new type AH1N1V virus," he said.
So far Hungary has had 37 cases of the new flu. Two patients are currently in hospital with mild symptoms.
The World Health Organization (WHO), which declared an H1N1 influenza pandemic on June 11, said last week the new flu was the fastest-moving pandemic ever.
Some 125,000 laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported worldwide as of Tuesday, it said.
(Reporting by Krisztina Than and Gergely Szakacs, Editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)
Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:02am EDT
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A Hungarian man has died from H1N1 flu, the government said on Wednesday, the first death in the country from the new virus which has killed more than 700 people worldwide since it emerged in April.
The 41-year-old man had heart and lung disease which combined with the virus infection led to his death, surgeon general Ferenc Falus told a news conference.
"From the sample taken during the autopsy for the first time we could identify the new type AH1N1V virus," he said.
So far Hungary has had 37 cases of the new flu. Two patients are currently in hospital with mild symptoms.
The World Health Organization (WHO), which declared an H1N1 influenza pandemic on June 11, said last week the new flu was the fastest-moving pandemic ever.
Some 125,000 laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported worldwide as of Tuesday, it said.
(Reporting by Krisztina Than and Gergely Szakacs, Editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)