The A/H1N1 influenza is currently causing havoc in northern Africa notably in Egypt, Morocco, Libya and Algeria, according to recent statements released by the health ministries of these countries.After Algeria’s tragedy of three deaths over the weekend, Morocco announced its first swine flu victim – a 24-year-old pregnant woman from the northern city of Tangier.
She died on Sunday after contracting the H1N1 virus, the country’s health ministry said on Monday.
Eighty-three new cases of the disease were diagnosed over the weekend, bringing the total to 1,710 cases in Morocco.
Egypt reported one more death case of A/H1N1 flu on Monday, bringing the country's death toll from the virus to 21, Al-Ahram daily said.
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