Turkey reports second fatality
Published: Friday | October 30, 2009
ANKARA, Turkey (AP):
Turkey's Health Ministry has reported the second swine flu death in the country.
The ministry says a 34-year-old female swine flue patient died Thursday in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir.
It was the second reported death from swine flu in Turkey. The first fatality occurred last week.
More than 1,400 people have tested positive for swine flu in Turkey.
The ministry says 11 of them are currently being treated at hospitals. Three of them are in critical condition.
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