El Salvador Reports First AH1N1 Flu Death
El Salvador has confirmed its first AH1N1
flu death.
A federal health department statement
released Friday says a 9-year-old boy died
of respiratory problems from the virus in a
private hospital in the capital of San
Salvador.
He died Wednesday and the cause of death was
later confirmed.
Universities and schools in the capital are
closed to combat swine flu, which has
quickly spread south after an initial
outbreak in Mexico in April.
Salvadoran health officials have reported 51
new swine flu cases in the past week. The
country has confirmed 277 the cases to date. |
