Jordan-Health minister announces 3rd H1N1 fatality

Health minister announces 3rd H1N1 fatality

Amman, Jan 27 (Petra) -- A third H1N1 patient died in Jordan on Sunday as swine flu infections in the Kingdom rose to 107, health minister Abdullatif Wreikat said. A ministry statement said the fatality was reported by the King Abdullah University Hospital near the northern city of Irbid and two new H1N1 cases were also detected at the Al Hussein cancer Centre in Amman. Two deaths were reported in the country in the past weeks. Wreikat said H1N1 has become a seasonal flu, according to World Health Organisation WHO reports, which he said needed not be reported. But he said the ministry monitors those cases and "transparently" reports them to the public. The minister urged citizens to take care of severe flu affecting especially patients with heart and lung diseases, the most vulnerable to the H1N1 epidemic.  http://petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Site_Id=1&lang=2&NewsID=98296&CatID=-1