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Vietnam confirms 3rd death of A/H1N1 influenza

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-09-08 14:29

HANOI: The Vietnamese Ministry of Health confirmed that a 56-year-old woman living in Ho Chi Minh City died of A/H1N1 influenza, the third death of the flu in the country, local newspaper the New Hanoi reported Tuesday.

The woman was admitted to the Gia Dinh People Hospital last Thursday with fever and coughing, said the newspaper. She was treated with Tamiflu drug immediately and tested for A/H1N1 influenza.

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The woman died last Friday because of respiratory failure, said the newspaper.

The Ho Chi Minh City-based Pasteur Institute on Monday confirmed the woman's sample was positive to A/H1N1 virus.

Vietnam confirmed 141 more cases of A/H1N1 influenza on Monday, bringing the total number of flu patients in the country to 3,777.