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Swine Flu Takes Two More Lives; U.S. Reports Third Death
May 10, 2009 9:25 a.m. EST
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Mayur Pahilajani - AHN News Writer
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The swine influenza A(H1N1) virus has claimed two more lives: a third victim in the United States and the first death reported in Costa Rica on Sunday.
U.S. health officials told reporters that the third death was reported in Washington State after a man with a heart condition died who was infected with the deadly disease.
Costa Rica became the first region outside North America reporting a fatality, a 53-year-old man. Costa Rica has also reported eight laboratory confirmed human cases.
The island's health officials said that the man died due to a preexisting illness and te viral infection made things worst. According to reports the victim reportedly suffered from diabetes and lung disease.
The latest report from the World Health Organization said 29 countries have officially reported 4379 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, with Mexico reporting 1626 laboratory confirmed human cases of infection, including 45 deaths.
But the reports said that the death toll caused by the virus has reached 48 in Mexico, where the new strain of flu virus emerged last month and spread across the globe through travelers.
The U.S. has reported 2254 laboratory confirmed human cases, but health officials are trying to focus on the pattern of the outbreak rather than numbers.
"Fortunately, the severity of illness that we're seeing at this point doesn't look as terrible as a category 5 kind of pandemic or the really devastating impacts that some had feared, but as you know, influenza virus is unpredictable," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official Dr Anne Schuchat said in a statement on Saturday.
She said that the virus can change over time, it's really important to pay attention to how this virus may or may not change, as it circulates in the U.S. and around the world. Authorities are also focused on what happens in the southern hemisphere as it enters into a flu season now.
"A lot of our emphasis here in the U.S is still understanding the epidemiology transmission, severity and viral characteristics, but also working with partners internationally to really prepare and evaluate issues in their countries," she added.
Norway, Australia and Japan are the three new countries where the virus has spread and have reported confirmed cases of the infection that was contracted by the travelers from the U.S. and Canada.
Japan's Health and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe said Saturday that a 46-year-old high school teacher and two 16-year-old students from Osaka were quarantined upon arrival at Narita airport, following their recent school trip to Canada.
The health authorities in Queensland, Australia, said the woman tested "weak positive" for the new influenza A (H1N1) virus, which is a indication of having a weak strain of the virus, and has already recovered. The woman's identity was not disclosed for privacy reasons.
However, they added that other passengers who were sitting close to her on flight QF16 from Los Angeles may have contracted the virus and they are in the process of contacting them.
Norway's health officials said two cases of swine flu have been confirmed after a man and a woman contracted the infection in Mexico.
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