Saturday, August 15, 2009

Fourth swine flu casualty confirmed

By Kim Saulse
15 August 2009


A 23-year-old pregnant Durban woman has become South Africa’s fourth swine flu victim.

KwaZulu-Natal health spokesperson Chris Maxon says the woman was believed to have been seven months' pregnant.

She was admitted to the Addington Hospital on Monday with a high fever and other complications.

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said earlier the number of confirmed H1N1 flu cases in the country had almost reached two-thousand.

The first swine flu fatality was a 22 year old Stellenbosch University student.

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