Swine flu death toll reaches seven

By Kim Saulse
21 August 2009


The latest casualty of the H1N1 Influenza, or swine flu is a 20-year-old Pretoria woman.

According to reports ,Department of Health spokesperson, Fidel Hadebe, said the department had received a confirmation of the women’s death on Wednesday by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

Hadebe is quoted as saying :“According to their report, the patient was admitted at the Pretoria West Hospital on 8 August, because she was not feeling well. She was later discharged.

“Three days later, she developed severe respiratory distress and was admitted at Kalafong Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit, where she died.”

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