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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Thailand : More 2009 Flu Pandemic (H1N1) cases reported

A report from NNT, 2 more fatalities in Thailand due to H1N1 :

" BANGKOK, 4 October 2010 : Public Health Ministry urges people in an at-risk group of 2009 H1N1 Influenza to urgently receive vaccine against three influenza viruses, after 2 more deaths are reported from the group. Mr Jurin Laksanawisit, Public Health Minister stated that the spread of 2009 flu pandemic in Thailand still remained critical, as last week’s report found two more deaths from an at-risk group.

These two patients were supposed to be given the vaccine; however they failed to receive it in time. According to the report, the first case is a patient who weighs 120 kilograms from Ayutthaya province and the second case a pulmonary emphysema patient from Nakhon Sawan. Both of them were listed in at-risk groups without sufficient immunity against the virus."

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