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Deaths bring Taiwan's A(H1N1) flu toll to five

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-08-25 16:06

TAIPEI: Taiwan has reported two more deaths resulting from A(H1N1) influenza, bringing the island's total to five, the island's health authority confirmed Monday night.

The latest victim was a 44-year-old woman in Pingtung County. She started feeling ill on August 17. Three days later she experienced severe symptoms including fever, a bad cough and muscle pain. She was diagnosed  as having a severe case of A(H1N1) flu and died early Monday morning.

The second death was that of a 6-year-old boy in Changhua County, who died last Friday after being hospitalized for nearly a month.

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Neither had been abroad, local authorities said.

A 39-year-old man was the first in Taiwan to die from A(H1N1) on July 30. A six-year-old girl died of the flu on August16, and a 24-year-old college student died on August 21.

Globally, at least 1,799 people have died and tens of thousands have been infected by the A(H1N1) flu virus, says a report released by the World Health Organization on August 21.