Saturday, May 16, 2009

Swine flu: fifth US victim dies

A 33-year-old man from Texas has become the fifth person to die in the US after contracting the swine flu virus.

The man from Corpus Christi, who has not been named by the authorities, died earlier this month, health officials in Texas said.

Dr William Burgin Jr, of the Corpus Christi-Nueces county health district, said that the man died on May 5 or May 6 after becoming ill a few days earlier.

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