Young woman and young man are Taiwan?s 44th and 45th H1N1 fatalities

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Young woman is Taiwan?s 44th H1N1 fatality



Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2010-07-20 08:50 PM Fonts Size:

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) ? A 21-year-old woman student from Taipei County died of the H1N1 flu virus recently, becoming Taiwan?s 44th fatality, the Centers for Disease Control announced Tuesday.
The university student was not vaccinated against the virus, but none of her fellow students or relatives showed any symptoms, reports said.

She started coughing on June 28 and went to a local clinic for treatment, the CDC said. She also had a fever, a runny nose and felt tired. On July 2, she suffered from growing breathing problems and went to a hospital, where she was immediately consigned to intensive care, according to the CDC.

The woman died on July 16 with pneumonia and multiple organ failure mentioned as the causes, the CDC said.

She was one of seven young people among the 44 fatalities who had shown no special diseases or other elements making them more susceptible to the H1N1 virus, according to the CDC.

The World Health Organization was about to proclaim the end of the H1N1 epidemic, but 550 hospitals and clinics would continue to supply vaccines for patients willing to receive them, the CDC said.

In a separate development, the Control Yuan, the nation?s top government watchdog, sanctioned the CDC for buying too many surgical masks and vaccines for the less dangerous H5N1 virus, and then letting them go to waste without using them. The CDC bought 190,000 doses of the vaccine, even though the whole world counted only 72 cases of H5N1 and none of them was in Taiwan, the Control Yuan said. More than 100,000 masks had also passed their use-by dates, according to the report.

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Young male adult dies from H1N1 infection

Taipei, July 23 (CNA) Health authorities have confirmed that a 24-year-old male in southern Taiwan died after being infected by the influenza A (H1N1) virus, a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) official said Friday.

The man's death was the 45th death caused by H1N1 since the virus began affecting Taiwan in 2009, CDC Deputy Director-General Chou Jih-haw said. Like all of the others who died from the virus with one exception, the latest victim was not vaccinated against the H1N1 flu.

Chou confirmed that the man's 56-year-old father had also contracted the flu and is now being treated at a hospital in the Kaohsiung area after developing a fever and shortness of breath and coughing up blood.

The family's other members have not shown any signs of having the flu, the CDC's deputy chief said.

According to the agency, the son was rushed to the hospital on July 13 with a high fever. His illness turned worse quickly and he died of pneumonia and multiple organ failure on July 19. The bureau said the man had not suffered from any chronic diseases before catching the flu.

Also on Friday, CDC Director-General Chang Feng-Yee warned that an H1N1 outbreak is expected to arrive in this autumn and winter.

Noting that barely more than 20 percent of Taiwan's population received the H1N1 vaccine last year, Chang warned those who were not vaccinated that they were at risk of being attacked by the potentially lethal flu virus.

Because 17 of the 45 people who have died from the flu in Taiwan were in the 25-49 age bracket, the CDC is assessing the possibility of covering the people in the age group in the national anti-flu inoculation program this year, Chang said.

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Health authorities confirmed on Friday that a 24-year-old male in southern Taiwan died after being infected by the influenza A(H1N1) virus.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chou Jih-haw (周志浩) said the man?s death was the 45th caused by H1N1 since the virus began affecting Taiwan last year. Like all of the other victims, with one exception, the male victim was not vaccinated against the H1N1 flu.

Chou confirmed that the man?s 56-year-old father had also *contracted the flu and is now being treated at a hospital in the Kaohsiung area after developing a fever and shortness of breath and coughing up blood.

The CDC said the son was rushed to the hospital on July 13 with a high fever. His illness quickly worsened and he died of pneumonia and multiple organ failure on Monday. The agency said the man had not suffered from any chronic diseases before catching the flu.

Meanwhile, CDC Director-*General Chang Feng-yee (張峰義) warned that an H1N1 outbreak is expected this autumn and winter.

Noting that barely more than 20 percent of Taiwan?s population received the H1N1 vaccine last year, Chang warned those who were not vaccinated that they were at risk of contracting the potentially lethal flu virus.

Because 17 of the people who have died from the virus in Taiwan were in the 25-49 age group, the CDC is assessing the possibility of including people in this age group in the national anti-flu inoculation program this year, Chang said.

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Taipei, July 27 (CNA) Influenza A(H1N1) seems to have adapted well to Taiwan's hot weather, with more people laid out by the subtype of the A-strain virus of the flu in the sweltering month of July, an official at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday.

Last week a 19-year-old girl and a man aged 24 died of H1N1, CDC Deputy Director-General Chou Jih-haw said, noting that the virus seems unaffected by the hot weather and attacks people who have not been vaccinated or who lack antibodies.

Citing CDC statistics that show that only 4 percent of the people in the 19-24 age group have heeded the government's urging to be vaccinated against H1N1, Chou repeated a call for young and middle-age people to receive inoculations.

In comparison with the levels of May and June, the number of H1N1 cases doubled in July, while flu B cases were lower, according to Chou.

Chou said that although no big rise nor slump was observed on overall flu outbreaks in Taiwan in July, an obvious change has been seen in the virus type prevalent in communities.

CDC statistics show that 59 percent of flu cases reported this month were caused by flu B virus, while another 20 percent resulted from infect

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