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The Hospital Authority of Hong Kong announced Monday that a 76-year-old man with a history of lung disease died days after he was confirmed to have contracted the A/H1N1 flu, bringing the toll of the flu to 64 in the city. The patient, which had suffered from Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease, was admitted into Pok Oi Hospital for treatment on Jan. 13 with flu symptoms. He tested positive for …

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HK reports 64th fatal case of A/H1N1 flu (People’s Daily)

A football athlete of Macao, China was confirmed to have infected with influenza A/H1N1, the 2009 East Asian Games media center told Xinhua on Sunday. The 2009 East Asian Games (Hong Kong) Limited made the announcement on Dec. 5 late at night that the athlete was confirmed to have contracted the disease on Saturday. The football player had sought treatment in the hospital. The player is in …

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Macao football player infected with influenza A/H1N1 (People’s Daily)

Four patients at Duke University Medical Center have contracted a mutated strain of the H1N1 virus.

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4 Duke patients have drug-resistant H1N1 (The News & Observer)

A 52-year-old man in Taiwan’s Taichung has died of the A/H1N1 influenza, bringing the island’s death toll from of the disease to 28, local health authorities said Friday. The man, whose name was not given, was confirmed to have contracted the A/H1N1 flu on Oct. 27. He died from multiple organ failure after medical treatment in the intensive care unit failed. He had a history of diabetes, the …

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Taiwan reports new death case from A/H1N1 influenza (People’s Daily)

Although there have been hospitalizations and deaths, the vast majority of people who have contracted H1N1 have recovered without medical treatment . H1N1 spreads the same way as seasonal flu (coughing, sneezing, person-to-person …

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