3 more die in Vietnam- total 14

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Source: http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=52685

Last Updated: Friday, September 25, 2009 22:45:52 Vietnam (GMT+07)

Swine flu kills three more in Vietnam


Vietnam reported three more influenza A deaths late Friday, raising the H1N1-related casualties in the country to 14, including one just a day earlier.

The two deaths reported by the HCMC Health Department were a 13-year-old from the Mekong Delta province of Long An and a 49-year-old Australian. The child, who was overweight and also had kidney failure, died from a lung infection caused by the H1N1 virus while the Australian died from severe respiration failure.

Meanwhile, the Vietnam Ministry of Health reported another death in the Central Highlands? Dak Lak Province, where a 23-year-old pregnant woman died from pneumonia caused by the virus.

Vietnam reported 175 new cases of swine flu on Friday, raising the country?s tally to 8,014 since the end of May, with 6,495 discharged from hospitals in good health.

Fourteen have died of the flu, with the first two cases in August and 12 this month alone.

Reported by Thanh Nien staff

 

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Re: Vietnam confirms two more deaths of A/H1N1 influenza

Re: Vietnam confirms two more deaths of A/H1N1 influenza

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Vietnam confirms two more deaths of A/H1N1 influenza


www.chinaview.cn 2009-09-26 17:03:22 Print

HANOI, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Ministry of Health confirmed two more deaths of A/H1N1 influenza, bringing total number of flu deaths in the country to 12, according to a report of the ministry website on Saturday.

The 30-year-old man in Ho Chi Minh City was admitted to the provincial hospital on Monday with fever, coughing and difficulty in breathing. The patient is paralyzed and has obesity, said the report.

He died on Thursday due to pneumonia and respiratory failure. The patient's sample was tested positive to A/H1N1 virus, said the report.

The other case is a 23-year old woman in the central highlands province of Dak Lak. The woman, who had been 36 week pregnant, was taken to a local hospital on Sept. 20 with fever. Three days later, she was transferred to a provincial general hospital as she showed symptoms of fever, coughing and difficulty in breathing. She died on Friday, tested positive to A/H1N1 virus, said the report.

The ministry on Saturday confirmed 175 more cases of A/H1N1 influenza, raising total number of flu patients in the country to 8,014