Brazil says it has most swine flu deaths in world
출처 : CNN 2009.9.5
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/05/brazil.swine.flu/index.html?section=cnn_latest
(CNN) — Brazil has confirmed 657 fatalities caused by the H1N1 flu, the highest number of deaths in the world, the nation’s Health Ministry said.
Brazil registered 7,569 new cases of the virus also known as swine flu from August 25 to 29, the Health Ministry said. However, new cases of the virus had dropped in the past three weeks.
In terms of mortality rate — which considers flu deaths in terms of a nation’s population — Brazil ranks sixth and the United States is 12th, the Brazilian Health Ministry said in a news release this week.
Argentina ranked first per capita, Brazilian health officials said.
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Swine flu deaths climb past 2,800: WHO
출처 : AFP통신 Fri Sep 4, 7:30 am ET
GENEVA (AFP) – The World Health Organisation said Friday that at least 2,837 people had died from swine flu virus infections.
“There are now at least 2,837 deaths attributable to pandemic H1N1,” said Gregory Hartl, spokesman for the UN health agency.
The data mark an increase of 652 deaths from the last toll of 2,185 published a week ago.
Hartl said the increase in the number of deaths is due to the overall rise in the number of people who have caught the A(H1N1) virus, and not because of the virus becoming more virulent.
“In the sense of the virus having become more severe, no. It is just that the volume of cases is increasing,” said Hartl.
