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Palestinian man from West Bank dies of H1N1

Xinhua, February 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

A Palestinian man from the West Bank died on Tuesday in an Israeli hospital after being infected with N1H1 virus.

Asa'ad Ramlawi, deputy Palestinian health minister, told Xinhua that the dead patient was 40 years old, adding that altogether three patients died on H1N1 since the start of the year.

He also said that some 320 patients were treated since the beginning of winter, and the disease is actually under control, adding that his ministry has enough doses to fight the infection.

N1H1 was first reported in the West Bank in the winter of 2010.

The World Health Organization (WHO) sad in 2010 that H1N1 is one of the seasonable flue kinds.

It also said that if the disease is not treated in early stages, it could lead to crucial side effects and death. Endit