A(H1N1) flu takes new death tolls in Asia-Pacific region

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(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-06-28 09:19

HONG KONG: The Influenza A(H1N1) virus has killed two people in Thailand, the new country in the Asia-Pacific region to have reported death cases in the latest flu pandemic.

The first victim, a 40-year-old woman from Bangkok, died from pneumonia and haemoptysis, Witthaya Kaewparadai, Thai Public Health Minister, told a press conference at 11 am local time Saturday to brief details on the flu death.

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The woman, who was sent to a private hospital on June 8 after falling ill, developed fever and dyspnea and died on June 20, Dr. Kamnuan Ung-Chusak, Director of the Office of Epidemiology under the Department of Disease Control, said along with Mr. Witthaya.

Another victim, a 42-year-old male engineer from the central province of Chonburi, also died from complications on June 26, Mr. Witthaya said.

As of Saturday noon, Thailand confirmed 1,209 Influenza A(H1N1) cases. Of them, over 1,100 have recovered, and 22 of them, with 2 in critical condition, are being treated in hospitals.

In its neighboring country Myanmar, the first case of influenza A(H1N1) was confirmed on Saturday. A girl aged 13 was confirmed to have been infected with the flu, according to an evening broadcast of the state-run Radio Myanmar.

The girl, who came back from Singapore by flight No. 3K 585 on Friday afternoon, was first found with no such human flu when screened at the airport. But she coughed seriously when she attended the evening tutorial class on the same day and then she was taken to the Yangon General hospital at night.

She was confirmed by the hospital authorities that she had carried the virus.

All of her fellow students and her family members have been separated and put under medical watch.

The 91 other passengers, who traveled with the girl in the same flight, and people who have contacts with her are also being screened.

In Malaysia, seven new cases of A(H1N1) flu were confirmed on Saturday, raising the total number of such cases in the country to 112.

Malaysian Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai said that a four-year-old boy from the Penang State in northwestern Malaysia was the latest case among the seven.

The boy was infected by his older sibling, he said.

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