US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
World / Europe

Norwegian boy dies of swine flu infection

(Xinhua) Updated: 2012-12-29 10:43

OSLO - An 11-year old boy from the Norwegian county of Telemark has died of a swine virus infection, the Norwegian-language newspaper Aftenposten reported on Friday.

The boy had been seriously ill for two weeks before being transferred from a local hospital to the Riks Hospital in Oslo on Christmas Eve, said Bjoernar nyen, a doctor in Porsgrunn, the  boy's hometown.

Nyen confirmed that the boy had been infected with the H1N1 virus, which is known as the swine flu virus and died as a result.

The boy's immediate family members were being monitored by medical workers, according to the Telemark Daily.

No other details about the death were available.

Trudeau visits Sina Weibo
May gets little gasp as EU extends deadline for sufficient progress in Brexit talks
Ethiopian FM urges strengthened Ethiopia-China ties
Yemen's ex-president Saleh, relatives killed by Houthis
Most Popular
Hot Topics

...