Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Australia records third swine flu-related death

MELBOURNE, Australia – An official says a 50-year-old woman with life-threatening cancer has become the third Australian to die with swine flu.
Victoria state Health Minister Daniel Andrews says the woman was admitted to a Melbourne hospital on Saturday with respiratory illness and died on Wednesday.
Authorities are not certain whether any of the three swine flu-related deaths in Australia since Friday were directly caused by the virus, because all of them had other serious illnesses.