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Bahrain records first flu fatality

September 2 - 8
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Bahrain has joined the growing list of countries with fatalities from swine flu.

Dr Mohammed Al Awadi says a woman in her thirties was admitted in a critical condition several days ago.

The Filipina woman died on Sunday despite efforts by doctors to save her life. She is the first to die of the disease in Bahrain.

Al Awadi, chief physician at a main Bahrain hospital, said doctors were unable to identify the woman or determine how she contracted the flu.

The Labour and Interior ministries are trying to establish the victim's identity and trace a friend who took the sick woman to hospital.







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