Category: EU

First swine flu related death in Spain

July 1, 2009 by srrpenna

A 20-year-old Moroccan woman infected with swine flu has died in Madrid. She had pre existing asthma and died of respiratory illness caused by flu. She was seven months pregnant and had emergency caesarian section.

Latest figures by WHO released on monday show that there are 70,893 recorded cases with 311 deaths. Approximately 717 people have been infected with the H1N1 virus in Spain.

The other three recorded fatalities in the EU have occurred in the UK bringing total swine flu deaths to four in EU.

Source: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8126119.stm