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More flu deaths reported: CDC
2012/01/06 21:57:50
Taipei, Jan. 6 (CNA) A total of 71 new cases of influenza with complications have been recorded, with four more fatalities, since Jan. 3, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Friday.
As of that day, health officials had confirmed 366 flu cases with complications, 18 of which were fatal.
The latest victims were a 5-year-old boy in Taoyuan County, a 62-year-old in Chiayi County, an 85-year-old woman in New Taipei and a 74-year-old man in Miaoli County, all of whom died of complications after contracting Type B or Type AH3 influenza.
None of them had been vaccinated, the CDC noted.
The CDC said that even though the number of flu cases for the period was half of the same period a year ago, there was still a 5 percent mortality rate...
More flu deaths reported: CDC
2012/01/06 21:57:50
Taipei, Jan. 6 (CNA) A total of 71 new cases of influenza with complications have been recorded, with four more fatalities, since Jan. 3, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Friday.
As of that day, health officials had confirmed 366 flu cases with complications, 18 of which were fatal.
The latest victims were a 5-year-old boy in Taoyuan County, a 62-year-old in Chiayi County, an 85-year-old woman in New Taipei and a 74-year-old man in Miaoli County, all of whom died of complications after contracting Type B or Type AH3 influenza.
None of them had been vaccinated, the CDC noted.
The CDC said that even though the number of flu cases for the period was half of the same period a year ago, there was still a 5 percent mortality rate...