1 Nov 2009

Swine flu, first child's death in Italy

Today Italian media report about a child  who died in Naples on Friday after has been infected by A(H1N1) influenza virus. The child, a 11-years old girl, was cardiopathic. According to Il Mattino newspaper, it's the first child victim of the pandemic.
Anxiety is now spreading fast among population in Naples, while a lot of people in the high-risk list can't still get the shot of the vaccine. Censis, a public opinion research institute, has released a study about the pandemic. It says that more than 61 per cent of Italians aren't worried by the pandemic (but in South Italy only 51%). People were asked at the beginning of last August, so maybe someone have changed idea about the flu.

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