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Source: http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103780&Itemid=1
Google translation:
Influenza A fifth victim charged in Spain
Friday, July 24, 2009
July 24 2009, 15:50 Madrid, July 24 (PL) A man of 45 years today became the fifth fatality from influenza A (H1N1) in Spain, where health authorities counted more than 500 thousand infected with pandemic.
The man, a native of Alicante, in Valencia, suffered from severe kidney problems and was being treated with dialysis since 1993, informed the Ministry of Health and Social Policy.
According to the source, this person passed away on Monday, but recently it was learned Friday that the result of a necropsy, which confirmed that she had the deadly flu.
This is the fifth death from influenza A in the Iberian country, after hearing about the death of a Nigerian woman of 33 years on July 16, and a man of 71 years in Madrid who had respiratory problems.
The other deaths were a couple of 19 years, also died in this city, and a man of 41, in Gran Canaria.
The World Health Organization said today that the influenza A virus has spread to more than 160 countries and caused the deaths of 800 people, but did not change their behavior so far.
So far, 538 thousand in Spain confirmed cases, while in Europe identified 17 thousand 800 patients, with 34 deaths.
HGP / edu
Google translation:
Influenza A fifth victim charged in Spain
Friday, July 24, 2009
July 24 2009, 15:50 Madrid, July 24 (PL) A man of 45 years today became the fifth fatality from influenza A (H1N1) in Spain, where health authorities counted more than 500 thousand infected with pandemic.
The man, a native of Alicante, in Valencia, suffered from severe kidney problems and was being treated with dialysis since 1993, informed the Ministry of Health and Social Policy.
According to the source, this person passed away on Monday, but recently it was learned Friday that the result of a necropsy, which confirmed that she had the deadly flu.
This is the fifth death from influenza A in the Iberian country, after hearing about the death of a Nigerian woman of 33 years on July 16, and a man of 71 years in Madrid who had respiratory problems.
The other deaths were a couple of 19 years, also died in this city, and a man of 41, in Gran Canaria.
The World Health Organization said today that the influenza A virus has spread to more than 160 countries and caused the deaths of 800 people, but did not change their behavior so far.
So far, 538 thousand in Spain confirmed cases, while in Europe identified 17 thousand 800 patients, with 34 deaths.
HGP / edu