Bulgaria Confirms Second Swine Flu Fatality
Society | October 28, 2009, Wednesday
A dose of Pandemrix (R), a vaccine against the so called 'swine flu' H1N1 virus, and its 'boosting agent' (L) ready for use. The two fluids have to be mixed before being injected into the patients body. Photo by BGNES
Bulgarian health officials confirmed on Wednesday that a 32-year-old man from the town of Samokov, Central Bulgaria, has died after an infection with the H1N1 virus, the country's second swine flu-related fatality.
The man suffered from flu-like symptoms for about a week, but treated himself on his own.
After he was admitted to the local hospital in Samokov, the man was transported Sunday to the Sofia Regional Hospital with an emergency double pneumonia case and died six hours later.
The first Bulgarian victim of the swine flue died on September 30 at the “Lozenets” hospital in Sofia. The man initially showed symptoms of the H1N1 virus on September 19 and was transferred from Samokov to Sofia on September 23.
Two days later he suffered a bout of double pneumonia and died. He was later reported to be a heroin addict, which was listed as the cause of his weakened immune system and the quick development of the virus.
The health ministry said the two cases are not related.
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