Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Finland's fatal cases of A/H1N1 flu increase to five
www.chinaview.cn 2009-11-10 07:14:24 Print
HELSINKI, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Three people have died in Finland over the past few days from A/H1N1 flu infections, bringing the flu death toll to five in the Nordic country, reported Finnish media on Monday.
A 68 year-old patient died from A/H1N1 flu on Friday. Two other patients, a 73-year-old woman and a 74-year-old man, died on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, in Rovaniemi, northern Finland.
Earlier, A/H1N1 flu had claimed the lives of a 25-year-old woman also suffering from chronic diseases and an 8-year-old girl in northern Finland.
The epidemic is now spreading across the country and keeping on escalating in southern Finland, which is the most populated area of the country. Espoo City in the capital region has also seen rapidly spreading epidemic while almost half of its basic schools have reported students infected with the virus.
Up to now Finland has confirmed 1,838 cases of A/H1N1 flu. However, the actual number of infections is believed to be far beyond that.
Finland is now inoculating people belonging to the high-risk groups, including health care personnel, pregnant women and chronic patients under age 65. Finland has now received a total of 637,000 doses of A/H1N1 flu vaccine, but a shortage has been reported in some places in the country.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/10/content_12420573.htm
www.chinaview.cn 2009-11-10 07:14:24 Print
HELSINKI, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Three people have died in Finland over the past few days from A/H1N1 flu infections, bringing the flu death toll to five in the Nordic country, reported Finnish media on Monday.
A 68 year-old patient died from A/H1N1 flu on Friday. Two other patients, a 73-year-old woman and a 74-year-old man, died on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, in Rovaniemi, northern Finland.
Earlier, A/H1N1 flu had claimed the lives of a 25-year-old woman also suffering from chronic diseases and an 8-year-old girl in northern Finland.
The epidemic is now spreading across the country and keeping on escalating in southern Finland, which is the most populated area of the country. Espoo City in the capital region has also seen rapidly spreading epidemic while almost half of its basic schools have reported students infected with the virus.
Up to now Finland has confirmed 1,838 cases of A/H1N1 flu. However, the actual number of infections is believed to be far beyond that.
Finland is now inoculating people belonging to the high-risk groups, including health care personnel, pregnant women and chronic patients under age 65. Finland has now received a total of 637,000 doses of A/H1N1 flu vaccine, but a shortage has been reported in some places in the country.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/10/content_12420573.htm