Second H1N1 Fatality Reported in Jordan


07-01-2013 12:00 AM

Ammon News - AMMAN (Petra) A 37 year old man from the city of Salt died on Sunday after contracting the H1N1 Swine Flu virus, Ammon News learned.

The man's death became the second reported case of H1N1 Virus-related fatality this winter.

Also on Sunday, a 26-year-old man with heart and lung diseases died in the northern city of Irbid after contracting the H1N1 swine flu virus, Minister of Health Abdullatif Wreikat announced.

He said the patient was admitted to the Princess Basma Hospital suffering from acute pneumonia three days ago and lab and clinical tests later revealed he was infected with the H1N1 virus and had undergone "the necessary" protective and treatment procedures.

Wreikat said the flu infection had complicated multiple diseases the patient had, mainly a hole in the ventricles and pulmonary edema, and led to his death.

Today's death was the first H1N1 fatality in the country where health authorities earlier announced that 49 such cases had been recorded nationwide, but assured the public the outbreak is not serious.







  • no comments

Notice
All comments are reviewed and posted only if approved.
Ammon News reserves the right to delete any comment at any time, and for any reason, and will not publish any comment containing offense or deviating from the subject at hand, or to include the names of any personalities or to stir up sectarian, sectarian or racial strife, hoping to adhere to a high level of the comments as they express The extent of the progress and culture of Ammon News' visitors, noting that the comments are expressed only by the owners.
name : *
email
show email
comment : *
Verification code : Refresh
write code :