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Flu virus strain kills one Cantab
OLIVIA CARVILLE
Last updated 05:00 13/04/2013
Influenza has claimed the life of one Cantabrian two months before the annual flu season is set to strike.
News of the death comes as unprecedented numbers of Kiwis are lining up for the flu jab and as new figures reveal five Cantabrians died from influenza-associated illnesses last year.
The Press understands Carole Mary Burgess, who was in her mid-70s, contracted the deadly H3N2 influenza virus before she died in Christchurch Hospital on March 27. ..
Flu virus strain kills one Cantab
OLIVIA CARVILLE
Last updated 05:00 13/04/2013
Influenza has claimed the life of one Cantabrian two months before the annual flu season is set to strike.
News of the death comes as unprecedented numbers of Kiwis are lining up for the flu jab and as new figures reveal five Cantabrians died from influenza-associated illnesses last year.
The Press understands Carole Mary Burgess, who was in her mid-70s, contracted the deadly H3N2 influenza virus before she died in Christchurch Hospital on March 27. ..