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Shandong reoprts 1st A/H1N1 death

2009-11-18 09:28 BJT

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A four-year-old boy has died of the A/H1N1 flu in Weihai City. The case is the first death caused by the disease in Shandong Province.

The boy was sent to hospital with severe breathing difficulties, heart failure, and other symptoms last Friday. He was diagnosed as having A/H1N1 flu the next day. The boy's condition quickly deteriorated and he died after medical treatment failed.

Editor: Zhang Ning | Source: CCTV.com