Swine flu claims 11 lives in Turkey
09:10, 4 November 2009
ASTANA. November 4. KAZINFORM The Turkish Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that swine flu had claimed 11 lives throughout the country, Kazinform refers to Trend News.
The ministry released a statement in which it said that a 31-year-old woman and a 55-year-old man died of swine flu, raising the death toll to 11.
In its statement, the ministry called on children below two, people with chronic diseases, the pregnant, and people over 65 to consult a doctor immediately if they suffer from flu symptoms.
Swine flu also killed people in Istanbul, southeastern provinces of Diyarbakir and Sanliurfa, and central province of Konya, Kazinform cites Trend News. See www.en.trend.az for full version.