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Kuwait reports fourth swine flu death
(AFP) ? 1 hour ago
KUWAIT CITY ? A two-and-half year old Kuwaiti girl suffering from cerebral palsy died on Wednesday after contracting swine flu, the Gulf emirate's fourth death from the virus, the health ministry said.
During the past week, three people died of the A(H1N1) disease, one of them a woman who was in her eighth month of pregnancy and was also suffering from severe inflammation in her respiratory system.
Before her death, the woman underwent a caesarian procedure to deliver the baby who survived.
About 1,100 people have contracted the A(H1N1) virus in Kuwait but most of them have been treated and discharged from hospital, health officials have said.
A number of MPs accused Health Minister Helal al-Sayer on Wednesday of failing to control the disease and called on him to resign or be called to account before parliament.
Authorities decided on Tuesday to delay the reopening of foreign schools by two weeks until September 13. Arabic schools, which are due to reopen in late September, are not affected by the decision.
Several MPs have called on authorities to delay reopening of all schools in fear of the disease spreading among pupils.
Kuwait reports fourth swine flu death
(AFP) ? 1 hour ago
KUWAIT CITY ? A two-and-half year old Kuwaiti girl suffering from cerebral palsy died on Wednesday after contracting swine flu, the Gulf emirate's fourth death from the virus, the health ministry said.
During the past week, three people died of the A(H1N1) disease, one of them a woman who was in her eighth month of pregnancy and was also suffering from severe inflammation in her respiratory system.
Before her death, the woman underwent a caesarian procedure to deliver the baby who survived.
About 1,100 people have contracted the A(H1N1) virus in Kuwait but most of them have been treated and discharged from hospital, health officials have said.
A number of MPs accused Health Minister Helal al-Sayer on Wednesday of failing to control the disease and called on him to resign or be called to account before parliament.
Authorities decided on Tuesday to delay the reopening of foreign schools by two weeks until September 13. Arabic schools, which are due to reopen in late September, are not affected by the decision.
Several MPs have called on authorities to delay reopening of all schools in fear of the disease spreading among pupils.