Aragón bird 'flu outbreak: One patient dies from H1N1 and 25 remain in hospital
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 @ 9:59 AM
ONE of the 26 patients in hospitals in Aragón following a bird 'flu outbreak has died, reports the regional health authority.
The man in question, aged 76 and in intensive care in a hospital in Zaragoza, suffered from a number of pre-existing medical conditions and had not had an influenza vaccination when he was admitted with the H1N1 virus in a critical state, according to the government of Aragón.
Another 25 patients have been hospitalised since Boxing Day, 14 of whom remain in intensive care, as a result of what medics call an isolated incident of avian influenza in the region.
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