China reports second A/H1N1 death

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China reports second swine flu death

(AFP) ? 24 minutes ago

BEIJING ? China has reported its second swine flu death after a patient in the northwestern province of Qinghai died of the disease.

The health ministry gave no details on the patient in a brief statement posted on its website late Friday.

China has confirmed a total of 26,348 cases since the (A)H1N1 virus first emerged, including 13 people who remained in serious condition, the ministry said in the statement.

China reported its first swine flu death on October 6, after a patient in Tibet succumbed to the virus.

The government immediately sent 200,000 doses of A(H1N1) vaccine to the Himalayan region, but the ministry statement on Friday did not mention similar plans for Qinghai.

China has vaccinated more than 300,000 people against swine flu, the health ministry said a week ago, but warned the nation was facing a "grim" task of preventing outbreaks and keeping the number of deaths in check.

The ministry said last month that "tens of millions" of people in the world's most populous country could get the virus in the coming months, adding that fatalities would be "unavoidable".

 

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Re: China reports second A/H1N1 death

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China says 43-year-old woman dead of swine flu
Associated Press
2009-10-17 11:38 AM

China says a 43-year-old woman has died of swine flue in northwest Qinghai province, the second fatality in the country.

The official Xinhua News Agency did not give details in their report Saturday.

At the beginning of October an 18-year-old woman in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa died of swine flu, China's first fatality from the virus. There have been more than 26,000 cases of swine flu on the mainland.

China has acted aggressively to detect and contain swine flu cases after being accused of failing to move quickly enough to stop the 2003 outbreak of SARS. Despite measures such as strict quarantines, authorities say the virus is spreading from cities into the countryside.