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Showing posts with label Gaza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gaza. Show all posts

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Eight A/H1N1 cases recorded in Gaza

Via Xinhua :

" GAZA, Jan. 19 : The Hamas Health Ministry on Wednesday announced that eight A/H1N1 cases have been recorded in the Gaza Strip.

Health Minister Bassem Na'im told reporters that nurses and workers in hospitals were among the cases, adding that some of them caught the virus through infection.

A week ago, a 37-year-old pregnant woman died of the influenza in Gaza. Hospital officials said the woman's immunity was already weak due to a chronic disease in the respiratory system."

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Gaza reports first H1N1 death of 2011

Via Maan News Agency :

" GAZA CITY : A pregnant woman from Gaza City died from complications relating to the H1N1 virus, doctors at the Ash-Shifa Hospital in the city reported Wednesday, noting that hers was the first swine-flu related death in one year.

Doctor Midhat Al-Abbas, general director of Dar Ash-Shifa medical complex, said the woman was in her 34th week of pregnancy when she died Tuesday, after coming into the hospital with respiratory difficulties."