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Lithuania reports 1st swine flu death; 2nd fatal case in Baltic countries
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 18, 2009 8:35 a.m.
VILNIUS, Lithuania - Lithuania says a 14-year-old boy is the country's first swine flu-related fatality.
The Health Ministry says the boy died at a clinic in the central city of Kaunas on Wednesday morning. It gave no other details. It was the second reported swine flu death in the Baltic countries where only a few hundred cases have been confirmed by officials.
Neighbouring Latvia said last week that a 50-year-old woman died at a hospital in the capital, Riga.
Estonia has not reported any deaths. It says only 200 cases of the epidemic have been confirmed.
Lithuania reports 1st swine flu death; 2nd fatal case in Baltic countries
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 18, 2009 8:35 a.m.
VILNIUS, Lithuania - Lithuania says a 14-year-old boy is the country's first swine flu-related fatality.
The Health Ministry says the boy died at a clinic in the central city of Kaunas on Wednesday morning. It gave no other details. It was the second reported swine flu death in the Baltic countries where only a few hundred cases have been confirmed by officials.
Neighbouring Latvia said last week that a 50-year-old woman died at a hospital in the capital, Riga.
Estonia has not reported any deaths. It says only 200 cases of the epidemic have been confirmed.
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