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MUMBAI (AFP) ? A woman in India's financial capital Mumbai who had tested positive for swine flu has died in hospital, officials said Saturday.
The 53-year-old, who had a history of diabetes and high blood pressure, was being treated for pneumonia at a private hospital but was transferred to a specialist unit for suspected H1N1 cases late on Friday.
"She was found to be H1N1 positive. This patient has expired early in the day today (Saturday)," Manisha Mhaiskar, from the Mumbai municipal authority, told a news conference.
It was not immediately clear whether the woman's death was a direct result of swine flu and further details would be known from Sunday, Mhaiskar added.
If confirmed, the death would be only India's second from the virus, which first emerged in Mexico and the United States in April.
A 14-year-old girl died on Monday in the western city of Pune, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) from Mumbai.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said this week that more than 1,150 people have died from swine flu and the virus was now in 168 countries and territories. Nearly 90 percent of deaths have been in the Americas.
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MUMBAI (AFP) ? A woman in India's financial capital Mumbai who had tested positive for swine flu has died in hospital, officials said Saturday.
The 53-year-old, who had a history of diabetes and high blood pressure, was being treated for pneumonia at a private hospital but was transferred to a specialist unit for suspected H1N1 cases late on Friday.
"She was found to be H1N1 positive. This patient has expired early in the day today (Saturday)," Manisha Mhaiskar, from the Mumbai municipal authority, told a news conference.
It was not immediately clear whether the woman's death was a direct result of swine flu and further details would be known from Sunday, Mhaiskar added.
If confirmed, the death would be only India's second from the virus, which first emerged in Mexico and the United States in April.
A 14-year-old girl died on Monday in the western city of Pune, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) from Mumbai.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said this week that more than 1,150 people have died from swine flu and the virus was now in 168 countries and territories. Nearly 90 percent of deaths have been in the Americas.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090808/wl_sthasia_afp/indiahealthflu_20090808174424