Gert van der Hoek
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Swine flu demands first flu death in Limburg
05/11 In the Virga Jesse hospital in Hasselt on November 3 a 55-year-old man deceased in the
effects of the swine flu. This is the first known deaths to date in case
our province.
The man was brought to the Virga Jesse hospital on October 25 , according to spokesman Luc
Colla, the man had "some risk" and he was taken "due to complications." It is
the first time in the Virga Jesse Hospital patient dies as a result of the Mexican
flu. In Limburg province so far no other known flu deaths.
The latest figures from the Commissioner Influenza shows that new infections in
our country is growing more slowly than during the past five weeks. The last week there were 50,415
new infections officially announced. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in late April, Belgium
127,379 infected people admitted. There are eight people deceased.
The Virga Jesse Hospital, the flu death not reported to the Commissioner Influenza. "That is,
at the request of the hospitals, not mandatory, "says flu Commissioner Van Ranst. "Our
control system is the mortality rate, the total number of deaths in our country. This indicates that
moment "in mortality". So we know that the swine flu deaths still are
rare. "
http://www.gva.be/nieuws/binnenland/aid876981/mexicaanse-griep-eist-eerste-dode-in-limburg-3.aspx
Swine flu demands first flu death in Limburg
05/11 In the Virga Jesse hospital in Hasselt on November 3 a 55-year-old man deceased in the
effects of the swine flu. This is the first known deaths to date in case
our province.
The man was brought to the Virga Jesse hospital on October 25 , according to spokesman Luc
Colla, the man had "some risk" and he was taken "due to complications." It is
the first time in the Virga Jesse Hospital patient dies as a result of the Mexican
flu. In Limburg province so far no other known flu deaths.
The latest figures from the Commissioner Influenza shows that new infections in
our country is growing more slowly than during the past five weeks. The last week there were 50,415
new infections officially announced. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in late April, Belgium
127,379 infected people admitted. There are eight people deceased.
The Virga Jesse Hospital, the flu death not reported to the Commissioner Influenza. "That is,
at the request of the hospitals, not mandatory, "says flu Commissioner Van Ranst. "Our
control system is the mortality rate, the total number of deaths in our country. This indicates that
moment "in mortality". So we know that the swine flu deaths still are
rare. "
http://www.gva.be/nieuws/binnenland/aid876981/mexicaanse-griep-eist-eerste-dode-in-limburg-3.aspx