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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Taiwan reports new death from A/H1N1 influenza

A report from Xinhua, excerpt :

" TAIPEI, Aug. 11 : A 56-year-old man in southern Taiwan's Tainan city died of the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Aug. 8, just two days before the World Health Organization said the pandemic was over, local media reported Wednesday.

The man, whose name was not given, was hospitalized for a month after he contracted the disease and developed complications due to bacterial infections, the United Daily News reported.

His 24-year-old son had died from serious pneumonia and multiple organ failure caused by A/H1N1 flu on July 19, a day after he was hospitalized.

The father and son were, respectively, the island's 45th and 47th deaths from A/H1N1 influenza, which had killed more than 18,000 people around the world as of last week."

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