Taiwan records two more deaths from H1N1
ROC Central News Agency
2009/12/14 21:32:43
By Chen Ching-fang and Sofia Wu
Taipei, Dec. 14 (CNA) Two more Taiwanese people have died from swine flu, bringing the death toll from the virus to 35 since the outbreak began earlier this year, health authorities said Monday.
According to the Central Epidemics Command Center (CECC) , both new victims had underlying health conditions and neither had been immunized for the influenza A (H1N1) virus.
One of them was a 28-year-old male resident of eastern Taiwan's Taitung County who had hypertension and cirrhosis, and the other was a 53-year-old man living in the southern port city of Kaohsiung who was suffered from hypertension.
Their situations were not uncommon among the swine flu's victims.
Of the 35 people who have died of the H1N1 flu in Taiwan, 85 percent were suffering from chronic diseases, said Chou Jih-haw, deputy director-general of the Centers for Disease Control under the Department of Health.
More than 750 people have been hospitalized after catching the H1N1 flu virus in Taiwan, Chou said, but the number of reported H1N1 infections has dwindled since an immunization program was launched Nov. 1.
The campaign initially focused on groups considered most vulnerable to the swine flu, such as typhoon victims housed in shelters, high-risk medical personnel, elementary school students, pre-school children, pregnant women and seriously ill patients.
It was further expanded to Dec. 12 to cover all ordinary citizens.
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