UPDATE 2-Man is first to die in Chile from H1N1 flu – govt
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June 3, 2009 by fluoutbreak
SANTIAGO, June 2 (Reuters) – A Chilean man has died from H1N1 flu, Chile’s government said on Tuesday, the first death in the South American country from the new virus that has killed more than 100 people worldwide.
Chilean health ministry officials said the government had now confirmed 360 other cases of H1N1. Six people are in serious condition.
“Today we have confirmed the first case of the death of a patient due to human flu (H1N1),” Health Minister Alvaro Erazo told a news conference.
Chile’s first victim, 37-year-old Fernando Vera Maldonado, died in the southern city of Puerto Montt in the early hours of Monday.
The flu has spread fast in Chile, where temperatures are falling ahead of the onset of the Southern Hemisphere winter. Many patients are children with mild cases.
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