Jordan H1N1 2013 - 3 fatalities

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The H1N1 influenza strain known as swine flu killed a 26-year-old Jordanian man on Sunday, Health Minister Abdullatif Wreikat said on Sunday.

"The 26-year-old died in hospital today in Irbid," in northern Jordan, Wreikat told state-run Petra news agency.

"He was taken to the Princess Basma (public) Hospital three days ago suffering from severe pneumonia. Medical tests showed H1N1 infection, which led to the man's death."

H1N1 influenza has killed 25 people in Jordan in recent years.

In 2009, an H1N1 epidemic erupted in Mexico and spread into a worldwide pandemic that caused at least 17,000 deaths.

In 1997, the H5N1 strain of influenza, commonly known as bird flu, broke out in Hong Kong.

Spreading from live birds to humans through direct contact, it causes fever and breathing problems and claimed 359 human lives in 15 countries, mainly in Asia and Africa, from 2003 to August of this year, according to the World Health Organization.

Nearly all major epidemic diseases in humans originated in livestock and health professionals keep a constant watch on animal diseases to assess the risk of strains developing that can cross the species barrier.

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Second H1N1 Fatality Reported in Jordan

Second H1N1 Fatality Reported in Jordan

AMMAN (Petra) -- A 37 year old man from the city of Salt died on Sunday after contracting the H1N1 Swine Flu virus, Ammon News learned.

The man's death became the second reported case of H1N1 Virus-related fatality this winter.

Also on Sunday, a 26-year-old man with heart and lung diseases died in the northern city of Irbid after contracting the H1N1 swine flu virus, Minister of Health Abdullatif Wreikat announced.

He said the patient was admitted to the Princess Basma Hospital suffering from acute pneumonia three days ago and lab and clinical tests later revealed he was infected with the H1N1 virus and had undergone "the necessary" protective and treatment procedures.


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Re: Second H1N1 Fatality Reported in Jordan

Re: Second H1N1 Fatality Reported in Jordan

Swine flu kills second Jordanian in week: minister
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A Jordanian woman has died of swine flu in the second such death in a week, Health Minister Abdullatif Wreikat said on Sunday.
"The woman, who was in her forties, was taken to hospital last Sunday, suffering from pneumonia," Wreikat told the official news agency Petra.

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Re: Jordan H1N1 2013 - 3 fatalities

Health ministry announces 2nd H1N1 death in Jordan

Amman, Jan 13 (Petra) -- A woman in her forties died at an Amman hospital becoming the second victim of an outbreak of Swine Flu in the Kingdom, Health Minister Abdullatif Wreikat announced on Sunday.

He said in a statement that the woman was last Sunday admitted to a private hospital for a lung infection and lab tests revealed that she had contracted the H1N1 virus.

The minister said medical staff initially suspected she had H1N1 and was given the necessary treatment but she died on Friday.

He said 75 H1N1 cases had been reported countrywide. A man in his twenties died on January 6 of multiple congenital disorders after he was infected with the deadly virus.

Wreikat said that H1N1 is a seasonal flu but assured that vaccines and necessary medicines are available for treatment, calling on the public to immediately report to medical centres or hospitals in case of any signs of severe flu.

He said early detection of the virus would prevent complications. //Petra//SS
13/1/2013 - 05:42:07 PM
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