A/H1N1 flu death toll reaches 102 in Australia
14:47, 13 August 2009
BAKU. August 13. KAZINFORM Australia's chief medical officer Jim Bishop revealed on Thursday that the number of A/H1N1 flu- related deaths in Australia had reached 102; Kazinform refers to Trend News.
He said up to four times the number of people had presented to hospital emergency departments with A/H1N1 flu than would be expected with seasonal flu.
"We've modelled it on around 10 percent and we're closer to the 27 percent mark in terms of the people who end up being hospitalized who will have to go to ICU (intensive care units)," Bishop told reporters.
"That means this disease is particularly concerning in relation to the way it gets into the lungs"; Kazinform cites Trend News.
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