23month old US baby dies from the Swine Flu virus
The first person in the US to have died as a result of a swine flu virus infection is a child, a baby just under 2 years of age.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A baby in Texas became the first confirmed death outside Mexico on Wednesday from the new H1N1 flu strain.
A U.S. government official said a 23-month-old child in the southern state had died from the virus, which Germany said it had found in three cases — the eighth country to do so.
There were no further details about the death in the United States, most of whose 65 confirmed cases of swine flu have proved mild.
Nearly a week after the threat of a pandemic emerged in Mexico, that country remained the hardest hit, with up to 159 people killed.
France said it would seek on Thursday a European Union ban on all flights to Mexico because of the flu. The EU, like the United States and Canada, has already advised against nonessential travel to the popular tourist destination.
Cases have now been confirmed in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Israel, Britain, Spain and, on Wednesday, Germany.
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As it turned out, the child was not a US citizen, but was in Houston visiting family. However, sources state the visits objective was to seek US medical treatment.