Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Sep 15, 2009
1st direct H1N1 death in Greece
ATHENS - A FRENCH holidaymaker, aged 29, on Tuesday became the first person in Greece to die directly as a result of H1N1 flu, the Greek health ministry said.
In a statement, it said the man succumbed to lung-failure complications in an Athens hospital after he came down with the A(H1N1) virus - adding that he was 'the first death' exclusively as a result of the illness.I
Two previous swine flu fatalities in Greece involved men aged 23 and 25 who had chronic health problems before they contracted the flu.
More than 2,000 cases of swine flu have been diagnosed in Greece since May 18, the majority involving travellers from abroad.
The national health intervention centre has said that Greece expects its first doses of H1N1 flu vaccine to arrive at the start of October.
On Monday, health authorities in France reported the country's first H1N1 flu death involving an otherwise health person - a 26-year-old who died on Sunday in Saint-Etienne, in France's central highlands. -- AFP
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/World/Story/STIStory_430029.html
1st direct H1N1 death in Greece
ATHENS - A FRENCH holidaymaker, aged 29, on Tuesday became the first person in Greece to die directly as a result of H1N1 flu, the Greek health ministry said.
In a statement, it said the man succumbed to lung-failure complications in an Athens hospital after he came down with the A(H1N1) virus - adding that he was 'the first death' exclusively as a result of the illness.I
Two previous swine flu fatalities in Greece involved men aged 23 and 25 who had chronic health problems before they contracted the flu.
More than 2,000 cases of swine flu have been diagnosed in Greece since May 18, the majority involving travellers from abroad.
The national health intervention centre has said that Greece expects its first doses of H1N1 flu vaccine to arrive at the start of October.
On Monday, health authorities in France reported the country's first H1N1 flu death involving an otherwise health person - a 26-year-old who died on Sunday in Saint-Etienne, in France's central highlands. -- AFP
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/World/Story/STIStory_430029.html
