New A/H1N1 flu death reported on Chinese mainland

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The Chinese mainland has reported a new A/H1N1 flu death. The most recent case occurred in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The patient died on Sunday. It was also the area's first A/H1N1 related death.

The Chinese Mainland has reported more than 35-thousand, six hundred confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 flu as of October 26th. More than 29-thousand patients have recovered. Three fatalities have been reported as well.

A Muslim is injected with the vaccine against the A/H1N1 flu in Xining,  northwest China's Qinghai Province, on Oct. 23, 2009. Some 700 Muslims  on pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia this year received free A/H1N1  flu inoculations on Friday at Xining Center for Disease Control and  Prevention. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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