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Wed, 07/29/2009 - 10:49
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Woman with swine flu dies in Qld



A woman aged in her 80s is the seventh Queenslander with swine flu to die.
Queensland Health said the woman, who was considered to be in a group of people
vulnerable to swine flu, died in Townsville Hospital on Tuesday.

Those considered vulnerable are pregnant women, indigenous Australians and people
with respiratory disease, heart disease, diabetes, renal and liver disease, obesity
or immunosuppression.
In Queensland, 98 people with swine flu are hospitalised, including 27 in intensive
care.




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