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Thu, 07/23/2009 - 18:49
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Two more swine flu deaths in Queensland

Queensland has recorded two further deaths related to swine flu.
A 13-year-old boy died in hospital on the Sunshine Coast on Monday and an
84-year-old man with multiple illnesses including swine flu died on Wednesday in a
Brisbane south-side hospital.
They bring the official death toll in Queensland to four.
"I can advise that the young teenager and the elderly man were both in vulnerable
groups with regard to this disease," Chief Health Officer, Dr Jeannette Young, said
in a statement to media.
She said no further details were available.
At noon (AEST) on Thursday, there were 73 patients in hospital in Queensland
confirmed as having human swine flu, 28 of them in intensive care.
Australia-wide there are 256 patients in hospital confirmed as having swine flu with
103 in intensive care.
As at noon (AEST) on Thursday, the national death toll was 46.




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