Qld records first swine flu death

A 38-year-old woman has become the first Queenslander to die after contracting the
swine flu virus.
The woman died around noon on Wednesday at Brisbane's Mater Hospital after being
admitted a week ago.
She is the 22nd death related to swine flu in Australia.
Queensland's chief health officer Jeannette Young said the woman was in a vulnerable
group but declined to comment further out of respect for the family.
"It appears that the woman was in a vulnerable group with regard to this disease,"
Dr Young said.
"Anyone who falls into a vulnerable group is at a higher risk of suffering
complications from swine flu and our focus is now on protecting these groups of
people."
Those who are most vulnerable are indigenous people, pregnant women and people with
respiratory disease, heart disease, renal and liver disease, obesity and
immunosuppression.
Another 433 swine flu cases were reported in Queensland on Tuesday and Wednesday,
lifting the state's total to 2769.
Of these 21 are in hospital - six of them in intensive care.