The H1N1 flu virus has claimed its first victim in the Czech Republic as a woman died in hospital in the western city of Karlovy Vary on Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman told AFP.
The H1N1 flu virus has claimed its first victim in the Czech Republic as a woman died in hospital in the western city of Karlovy Vary on Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman told AFP. //
A woman "with a serious chronic disease and confirmed H1N1 flu died today after a short hospitalisation," said Zdenka Markova.
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"The flu complicated her condition, unfortunately with fatal consequences," said Markova.
The CTK news agency quoted a public health officer from the hospital as saying the woman had come to see a doctor last week but refused to stay in hospital, and that her condition had worsened in the following days.
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Markova said that a man with the H1N1 virus was also in hospital in Karlovy Vary "in a serious clinical condition," and that he too had other serious health problems.
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