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Swine flu claims first Hungarian life
Jul 22, 2009, 13:24 GMT
Budapest - The swine flu pandemic has claimed its first victim in Hungary, Chief Medical Officer Ferenc Falus informed the government on Wednesday.
Post mortem tests on a 41-year-old man who died of pneumonia a week ago revealed that he had been infected with the H1N1 virus, the local news agency MTI reported.
'The patient, a Hungarian national, did not report to a doctor, and the illness was complicated by existing heart and lung conditions,' Falus said.
Government spokesman Domokos Szollar said the Hungarian health services are stockpiling flu vaccine and a nationwide vaccination programme will start in October.
There have been 36 confirmed cases of swine flu so far in Hungary.
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