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Aug 10, 2009
9th H1N1 death
-- PHOTO: REUTERS
A WOMAN with no known underlying health conditions became the ninth Singaporean to die from the Influenza A (H1N1) virus.
The 27-year-old died yesterday morning. She was warded in Changi General Hospital more than two weeks ago in the intensive care unit.
Before she was admitted to hospital, she had been suffering from fever, cough and lethargy for four days.
The cause of death has been certified as acute myocardial infarction, with H1N1 infection and pneumonia as contributing factors, a Health Ministry statement said yesterday.
So far, the youngest person in Singapore to die of H1N1 was a 13-year-old boy who had epilepsy. He died on July 22.
Another three-year-old boy was reported to be in intensive care.
This latest death brings the local toll from the virus to nine in less than a month.
Aug 10, 2009
9th H1N1 death
-- PHOTO: REUTERS
A WOMAN with no known underlying health conditions became the ninth Singaporean to die from the Influenza A (H1N1) virus.
The 27-year-old died yesterday morning. She was warded in Changi General Hospital more than two weeks ago in the intensive care unit.
Before she was admitted to hospital, she had been suffering from fever, cough and lethargy for four days.
The cause of death has been certified as acute myocardial infarction, with H1N1 infection and pneumonia as contributing factors, a Health Ministry statement said yesterday.
So far, the youngest person in Singapore to die of H1N1 was a 13-year-old boy who had epilepsy. He died on July 22.
Another three-year-old boy was reported to be in intensive care.
This latest death brings the local toll from the virus to nine in less than a month.