First H1N1 patient died "accidentally" in China

01 July 2009 @ 02:40 pm EDT

An A(H1N1) flu patient died "accidentally" on Wednesday in east China's Zhejiang Province, local health authorities said late Wednesday.

According to the Health Bureau in Hangzhou, the 34-year female patient of H1N1 was found dead in the bathroom of the ward with unknown reasons.

The patient was admitted into Xiaoshan People's hospital on June 23 as a confirmed H1N1 case. She was in her convalescence, according to the report of the local news.


First H1N1 patient died
Security personnel stand guard at the entrance of the sealed-off Guomen Hotel in Beijing May 12, 2009. Chinese health authorities are searching for around 150 people who took the same flights as mainland China's first confirmed case of the new H1N1 strain of flu, state media said on Monday.
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