One more fatal case of A/H1N1 confirmed in Hanoi

The Department for Preventive Medicine and Environment under the Ministry of Health on November 3 confirmed one more victim of the A/H1N1 influenza in Hanoi, raising the total death toll from the disease in the country to 37 so far.

The latest was a 38-year-old man in Yen Ha ward, Yen Vien town, Hanoi. He was hospitalized on October 5 with symptoms of high fever, cough, breathing difficulties and pneumonia.

One day later, samples tested positive for the A/H1N1 virus. On October 31, the patient died.

As of 17:00 on November 2, there had been 10,605 A/H1N1 patients nationwide. Of these, 10,344 were already discharged from hospital.