Swine flu: 36 deaths in Algeria

ALGIERS- Four new people have died from swine flu, bringing to 36 the number of deaths out of 567 confirmed cases in Algeria, according to a report on the local epidemiological situation of A/H1N1 influenza released Monday by the Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform.

• The four new deaths include two women (29 and 24 years old), a 9-year-old girl and a 27-year-old man. The 29-year-old pregnant woman (6 months) from Thenia (Boumerdes) was hospitalized in Bordj Menael for a minor respiratory syndrome only to be evacuated to the university hospital of Tizi-Ouzou, where she had an emergency caesarean and gave birth to two stillborns, it was pointed out.
• The 9 year-old girl from Oran, hospitalized for an acute respiratory distress syndrome, died from multiple organ failures, the source added, noting that the patient was followed from birth for motor impairment and cerebral palsy.
• The 27-year-old man from Sidi Amrane, hospitalized in Ouargla for an acute respiratory distress syndrome, was treated for heart failure, while the 24-year-old woman from Hal Chorfa (Ouargla) was also hospitalized for an acute respiratory distress syndrome, the source added.
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