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    Thailand - Flu death toll rises to 7

    Flu death toll in Thailand rises to 6

    By: BangkokPost.com

    Published: 3/07/2009 at 07:12 PM

    The Public Health Ministry on Friday afternoon revealed that a Thai man, aged 30, of Bangkok has died of H1N1 flu, adding up the death toll in Thailand to 6.

    Earlier today, the ministry said another 154 Thai people were additionally listed as having had the H1N1 flu, bringing up the total to 1,710. As of Friday morning, the death toll was 5.


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    Source: http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=10629

    Thailand confirms one more A(H1N1) virus fatality

    BANGKOK, July 3 (TNA) Thailand's Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) confirmed Friday one more fatality from influenza A(H1N1), raising the country's death toll from the new virus strain to six.

    Permanent Secretary for Public Health Prat Boonyawongvirot told reporters that the sixth victim was a 30-year old man who worked as a day labourer.

    He visited a doctor at a Bangna hospital last Sunday (June 28) after showing flu-like symptoms since June 20.

    The diagnosis showed him to be suffering from tonsilitis and was given medication by the doctor before he went home for recovery.

    However, instead of getting better his symptoms worsened and he was admitted to hospital on Tuesday (June 30).

    The doctor found that the patient experienced severe lung infection and died on July 1.

    Dr. Prat explained that the death report was delayed because he was not in the MOPH list of influenza A(H1N1) victims and needed laboratory confirmation on July 2 before the announcement.

    He said the victim was considered overweight at 123 kg and 165 cm height.

    According to his medical record, doctors did not prescribe the anti-viral Oseltamivir to the patient as they had been trying to save his life from lung infection.

    Meanwhile, Dr. Prasert Thongcharoen, president of the Virology Association (Thailand) said the ministry expected the outbreak of virus would last around one year and one million people could contract the influenza.

    The virus was expected to spread into provinces within six months, he added.

    Dr. Prasert, who also heads the ministry's Medical and Public Health Technical and Strategy Advisory panel on A(H1N1) influenza, said the country must wait for another six months before the arrival of vaccine.

    Earlier on Friday, Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodhi reported 154 new Influenza A(H1N1) cases.

    The new infections reported on the day raised the country?s total number of persons diagnosed with H1N1 to 1,760.

    Twenty of the new flu patients remain in hospital. Of this number, one patient in Chonburi was being closely monitored as the patient?s condition was worrying. (TNA)

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      Re: Thailand - Flu death toll rises to 6

      Well, he could not have been that sick if the Doctor mistook his ailments for Tonsilitis. He had been sick at this point for 8 days. Somewhere between his 8th and 10th day, he went downhill, and was hospitalized, dying one day later, a severe lung infection.

      The Doctor must have missed it.

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        Re: Thailand - Flu death toll rises to 7

        Thailand's death toll from A/H1N1 flu rises to 7

        www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-04 16:59:16

        BANGKOK, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Public Heath Ministry on Saturday reported the country's seventh death case due to the A/H1N1 virus infection.

        According to the ministry, the latest victim was a girl from central province of Ratcha Buri, some 80 km southwest to Bangkok, Thai language news agency INN reported.

        The announcement has seen the country's death toll from the deadly new virus rise to seven since June 27.

        Late Friday, the ministry announced that a 30-year-old male patient from Bangkok became the sixth flu death case.

        As of Saturday morning, the ministry announced 134 more patients, including 115 students have been confirmed to be infected with the A/H1N1 flu virus, bringing the country's total number to 1,845.

        The country had its first two confirmed patients on May 12.

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          Thailand's swine flu death toll reaches seven

          BANGKOK (AFP) ? Thailand's health authorities on Saturday reported two more deaths from swine flu, raising the country's total to seven, as the number of confirmed cases passed 1,800.

          A 37-year-old woman from the western province of Ratchaburi died from the influenza A(H1N1) virus on Friday night, a day after being admitted to hospital, deputy health minister Manit Nopamornbodi told reporters.

          Separately, a 30-year-old man from Bangkok died in hospital on July 1, five days after first suffering symptoms, the health ministry said.

          The ministry confirmed 134 new cases on Saturday, bringing Thailand's total to 1,845.

          Worldwide there have been over 70,890 cases of swine flu confirmed, with a death toll of over 300, according to the World Health Organization.

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            Re: Thailand - Flu death toll rises to 7

            Source: http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=10643

            Seventh victim dies from A(H1N1) virus
            BANGKOK, July 4 (TNA) - Thailand's Ministry of Public Health confirmed Saturday that one more fatality has occurred from influenza A(H1N1), raising the country's death toll from the new virus strain to seven.

            Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodhi said the seventh victim was a 37 year-old woman from Ratchaburi who died on Friday night.

            He said the victim suffered fever since June 25-26 and was admitted to hospital in Ratchaburi on July 2 with a lung infection.

            She was not on an earlier observation list, he said, as the medical professionals were unaware that she had contracted A(H1N1) until lab tests indicated the virus after she had died.

            The victim?s six family members were put under doctor's observation.

            Mr. Manit said the virus outbreak was likely to spread more widely during Thailand's long holiday from Saturday until Wednesday due to the numbers of people who are traveling long distances and changing their locales.

            Hospitals nationwide have been ordered to be prepared to quick respond to the outbreak if and when it appears.

            The Ministry earlier reported that the cumulative number of virus patients rose to 1,845 as of Saturday morning with 134 new cases confirmed. Of that number 1,748 patients have fully recovered and have been discharged, but more a number of patients are still receiving treatment in hospitals and are under close surveillance. (TNA)

            General News : Last Update : 18:34:37 4 July 2009 (GMT+7:00)

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