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Society | November 22, 2009, Sunday // 17:03
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A 39-year-old woman became the 17th Bulgarian fatality from the A(H1N1) virus Sunday.
The woman died in the hospital in the southern Bulgarian city of Pazardzhik. She was admitted 10 days with the flu, as well as with pneumonia, and is reported to have had a bad form of obesity. She died as a result of breathing deficiency.
One more swine flu patient with additional illnesses has been admitted for treatment at the same hospital.
The 17th swine flu death comes two days after Bulgaria rescinded the swine flu epidemic.
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