Philippines reports first swine flu fatality

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Officials say the Philippines has its
first swine flu-related death — a 49-year-old woman who died from
congestive heart failure but who also tested positive for the swine flu
virus.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III says the woman's
chronic heart disease was aggravated by severe pneumonia. She started
to have flu-like symptoms such as dry cough, fever, chills and
difficulty in breathing two days before her death on June 19.A throat swab from the woman revealed she was infected with the A(H1N1) virus.
Duque
says post-autopsy findings disclose that the death was caused by
"congestive heart failure secondary to acute myocardial infarction
aggravated by severe pneumonia either bacterial, viral or both."
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