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159 Taiwan soldiers feard having H1N1 flu
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-10 21:36
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TAIPEI -?Some 159 personnel at two Taiwanese military camps have been suspected of having contracted the A(H1N1) flu, local media quoting the Taiwan disease control center reported Monday.
At a military camp in Taichung City, of 47 suspected infections, 45 tested positive.
On Wednesday, a 15-year-old student who once suffered diabetes died after contracting A(H1N1). It was the first A(H1N1) death in three months.
Since the outbreak of the A/H1N1 flu on the island in July 2009, a total of 922 people have been infected and 42 have died.
