ADELAIDE, KOMPAS.com - The H1N1 pig flu virus, or swine flu was increasing in the Asia Pacific region, Sabtu (20 / 6), a day after the death Aboriginal man (original Australian residents) aged 26 years.
Australian man is death, Friday, can be the first victim in the area after the attack did not cause the long life of the victim.
Fiji previously reported one case of their first, and then follow several similar cases in Bangladesh, Laos, and Papua New Guinea. Virus infection is also increased sharply in Thailand, especially patients come from the students.
China, a population more than 1.2 billion, also increases again as the 32 people infected so that the total number of infected in the whole China reached 329 cases. Malaysia also increased as many as seven cases so the total is 42 which is exposed to this virus.
Since last week the World Health Organization (WHO) states level H1N1 flu pandemic has entered the phase. Until Friday there were 44,000 total cases of H1N1 flu in the world, with 180 people of them died, mainly in Mexico and the United States.
Meanwhile, the Aboriginal people of Australia who died on Friday it came from an isolated community that live in deserts.
According to some experts, the case of Aboriginal people of this imply about how there are gaps in health standards between Aboriginal people who are mis-kin and other Australians.
Although still clouded by Australian Health Minister Nicola Roxon, whether the death of Aboriginal man was solely because of illness flu H1N1 or other diseases, that is when the man entered the hospital, Thursday, clearly infected with H1N1 flu.
Australia recorded as the highest number of countries in terms of people with this flu virus in the Asia Pacific region. Until Saturday there was not less than 2376 cases. Though already falling victim now lives in Australia, according to the Health Minister of Australia, outbreaks of H1N1 flu in the region not too hard. People exposed to the flu, he added, again generally recover quickly.
Fiji is the third country in Asia Pacific, which confirm the case for the first H1N1 infection, followed by Samoa and Papua New Guinea.
A man aged 36 years that examined the positive H1N1 flu a few days after back to Fiji from Melbourne, Australia. He found out on the positive H1N1 flu Thursday.
Bangladesh, Friday, also reported the first case when a man aged 19 years infected flu H1N1 positive sekembali from the United States. According to the Bangladesh Ministry of Health, not only supervise the child so that no widespread outbreak, but also oversees the family.
Health Ministry of Thailand, Saturday, also confirm that until Saturday have already recorded 73 new cases so that the total now of 662 cases. May it said, half of affected people is the capital, Bangkok. Generally, victims of this flu in Thailand is a nation of students. (AP / Reuters / sha)
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