A 42-year old Filipino seaman who died of respiratory failure on July 10 is Hongkong's first H1N1-related fatality. According to the China Global Times, the Filipino fatality had "symptoms of a fever, cough and chest pains on July 3 and was sent to Ruttonjee Hospital with pneumonia on July 8. His condition deteriorated after respiratory failure and died on July 10."
More on this story in this GMANews.tv article entitled, Filipino seafarer with A(H1N1) dies in HK.
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