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Singapore Reports 6th A/H1N1 Related Death

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Singapore reported on Sunday the country's sixth case of Influenza A/H1N1 related death.

According to Singapore's Ministry of Health, the fatality is a 29-year-old Indian female with no other known underlying medical conditions other than being overweight.

She was admitted to local hospital on July 25 with a four-day history of flu-like symptoms and having fainted that morning. She was transferred to the intensive care unit on July 26 because of low oxygen saturation.

She passed away Sunday morning and the cause of death is pneumonia with renal failure, with Influenza A/H1N1 infection as a contributing factor.

Singapore reported its first confirmed case of Influenza A/H1N1 on May 27. The country's first A/H1N1 related death case was reported on July 18.

(Xinhua News Agency August 3, 2009)