Saudi A/H1N1 flu deaths hit 124

[Shiloh]

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Saudi swine flu deaths hit 124
Dec 30, 2009 at 13:10


RIYADH - Swine flu has killed 124 people in Saudi Arabia since the disease first appeared in May, the Saudi health ministry said on Wednesday.

The death toll has risen from 70 on November 11, according to health ministry spokesman Dr. Khaled Marghlani.

More than 14,500 proven cases of the A(H1N1) flu have been recorded in the country, according to health experts and ministry statistics.

The World Health Organisation's office in Cairo has registered 693 deaths region-wide based on country reports as of December 26

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Saudi A/H1N1 flu deaths hit 124

Saudi puts 2009 swine flu toll at 124
Around 17,000 cases recorded in the Kingdom
By StaffPublished Friday, August 13, 2010
Swine flu killed 124 people in Saudi Arabia in 2009, according to the Saudi Health Ministry which announced an end to the pandemic disease, the Arabic language newspaper Aljaizra reported on Friday.

The paper, citing a Ministry statement, said around 17,000 swine flu cases were recorded in the Gulf Kingdom in 2009 while there were 875 cases this year.

?The confirmed swine flu cases for this year are estimated at 875 compared with nearly 17,000 cases last year?.of those cases last year, 124 died,? it said.

?The disease is now over as an epidemic in the Kingdom and the whole world?only a handful of cases were reported over the past few days?they were all simple cases without any complications.?

The World Health Organization announced last week the end of the swine flu pandemic, more than a year after it was declared.
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