Turkey on Monday reported 19 more deaths of the A/H1N1 flu epidemic for the past week, bringing the country's death toll from the flu to 415.

Turkish Health Ministry said in a statement that 27 of the 415 victims were pregnant women or women who had recently given birth and urged all vulnerable groups to get vaccination.

The ministry has launched vaccination of people aged between six months and 24 and began vaccinating pregnant women against the flu last week.

Turkey reported the first A/H1N1 flu case in May and the first death from the disease in October.

(Xinhua News Agency December 15, 2009)