50-yr-old woman dies of swine flu in Amritsar

Press Trust of India  |  Amritsar (Punjab) 

A 50-year-old woman has died of swine flu at a hospital here, an said Wednesday.

Gurmeet Kaur, a resident of district, who was admitted to the government hospital a few days ago, passed away on Tuesday night, Civil Surgeon Hardip Singh Ghai said.

It is the first death due to the H1N1 virus in this year, he added.

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First Published: Wed, January 16 2019. 21:20 IST