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    [Google Translation]

    Influenza A: death of a woman in Tahiti
    AFP
    16/08/2009 | Updated: 09:05

    A young woman with influenza A/H1N1 died Wednesday in Tahiti, announced this morning the authorities of French Polynesia in a joint state and country. The victim was identified as a known patient 'at risk', "says one.

    The analysis performed on the patient revealed the presence of A/H1N1 virus. Samples were sent to Paris for confirmation.

    Furthermore, as a precaution, "eleven classrooms or schools were closed across the territory of French Polynesia and for a period of seven days."

    Since the pandemic began, 53 cases of influenza A/H1N1 have been confirmed in Polynesia, including eight requiring hospitalization and two serious.
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