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Fri, 09/18/2009 - 18:31
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Health ministry reports second death from swine flu

SANA'A, Sep. 17 (Saba)-Ministry
of Public Health and Population announced on Thursday death of second swine flu case
for
a Yemeni youth living in Sana'a capital.
Spokesman of the Supreme National Committee to Encounter the International Pandemic
of Swine Flu Abdul-Hakim al-Kohlani said that the case suffered from inflamed lung
in
addition to his infection with the swine flu virus.
It is worth mentioning that number of swine flu-infected cases in Yemen reached 134
people. Up to now, the total number of the infected cases, who came from outside
the
country, 23 people, and the others were infected through contact.
On 19th August, the ministry announced death of first affected case with the virus
for a 40-year-old Yemeni man.
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