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Πηγή: Express.gr 16/09/09-13:26
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A French tourist, 29, who was infected with the swine flu while
enjoying his summer vacations in Greece, breathed his last in the early
hours of Tuesday at the Sismanoglio Hospital. After his being infected
with the swine flu, the patient developed pneumonia and acute
respiratory insufficiency and finally died of multi-organ insufficiency.
It is the first death recorded in Greece, since the French tourist
did not suffer from any other disease, as was the case with a
23-year-old male who suffered from a cardiovascular disease.
In the meantime, news from the USA is rather alarming, as two new
studies released Tuesday suggested that some people we were infected
with the H1N1 virus could be carrying it even eight days after the
fever, longer than experts thought.
So far, the US health agencies have been advising people infected to
wait a day after the fever before turning to their work or school, lest
they should spread the virus.
The two new studies carried out in Singapore and Canada showed that
up to 30% of those infected with the swine flu continue shedding the
new H1N1 virus.
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