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Chile reports 1st swine flu death in South America
The Associated Press
Updated: 06/02/2009 04:15:48 PM CDT
var requestedWidth = 0; if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; } SANTIAGO, Chile—Chile's health minister has announced South America's first swine-flu death: that of a 37-year-old Chilean plumber.
Health Minister Alvaro Erazo says Fernando Vera died early Monday in Puerto Montt, 625 miles (1,000 kilometers) south of the capital of Santiago.
Chile has confirmed 313 cases of the disease, more than any other country in South America.
Erazo announced the death Tuesday.
The plumber's widow is Sandra Paredes. She told Radio Cooperativa of Santiago that she also is having flu symptoms and will seek medical attention.
Vera died of massive respiratory failure.
http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_12503477
The Associated Press
Updated: 06/02/2009 04:15:48 PM CDT
var requestedWidth = 0; if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; } SANTIAGO, Chile—Chile's health minister has announced South America's first swine-flu death: that of a 37-year-old Chilean plumber.
Health Minister Alvaro Erazo says Fernando Vera died early Monday in Puerto Montt, 625 miles (1,000 kilometers) south of the capital of Santiago.
Chile has confirmed 313 cases of the disease, more than any other country in South America.
Erazo announced the death Tuesday.
The plumber's widow is Sandra Paredes. She told Radio Cooperativa of Santiago that she also is having flu symptoms and will seek medical attention.
Vera died of massive respiratory failure.
http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_12503477