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A school teacher infected with the influenza A(H1N1) virus has died in Muntinlupa City, a local chief executive said Friday.
Muntinlupa City Mayor Aldrin San Pedro said the 43-year-old teacher, who was diagnosed with having A(H1N1), died in a hospital in the city.
The mayor declined to identify the teacher.
The Department of Health has yet to confirm the teacher's death.
The Muntinlupa City teacher is the fourth A(H1N1) casualty in the Philippines since the Department of Health (DOH) started monitoring the spread of the disease in May.
The first A(H1N1) death in the Philippines was a 50-year-old female employee of the House of Representatives. The other two were a 19-year-old who had a history of asthma, and a 74-year-old with emphysema.
Based on DOH's last update, there were already 2,668 confirmed cases of the new influenza virus in the country. It said most of the patients have fully recovered. With a report from Rod Izon, radio dzMM
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