S. Korea reports 10th death from H1N1 flu

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- A 71-year-old man with chronic health problems has
died after being infected with Influenza A (H1N1), raising the flu death toll to
10 in South Korea, health officials said Wednesday.
The man, who was diagnosed with the virus on Sept. 16 and had been in the
hospital for several days, died of chronic renal insufficiency complicated by
high blood pressure, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs said.
So far, South Korea has reported over 15,000 type-A flu cases, with about a third
of the total tally confirmed over the past week.
Most patients have recovered after being given antiviral medicine, but fears are
growing the virus could spread more quickly as the flu season approaches.
The government earlier said it plans to inoculate some 13.4 million people, or 27
percent of the nation's population, by next February.
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