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First local swine flu death reported in Austria
Nov 10, 2009, 19:24 GMT
Vienna - Swine flu claimed its first local victim in Austria Tuesday, as a 39-year-old man died in Salzburg province, the region's health chief Christoph Koenig confirmed.
The Romanian man died of a heart attack at a hospital in Schwarzach, most likely a complication that resulted from his infection with the H1N1 virus, according to media reports.
So far, only a handful of swine flu patients have faced serious complications in Austria, a Health Ministry spokeswoman told the German Press Agency dpa earlier.
Last week, an 11-year-old girl from Italy died in an Austrian hospital in Innsbruck, where she had been transferred for treatment.
The ministry reported 964 confirmed cases since the outbreak of the disease as of Monday, but virologists say the real number is much higher, with more than 10,000 estimated cases in Vienna alone. The country has a population of 8.4 million.
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