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14 Bulgarians have died as a result of the A(H1N1) virus to date. Photo by BGNES
A 36-year-old man has become Bulgaria's 14th victim of the A(H1N1) virus after developing a double pneumonia.
The man died in the hospital in the northern Bulgarian town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, thus becoming the first swine flu victim in the Veliko Tarnovo District.
He sought a doctor and was admitted to hospital only after home treating himself for five days.
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