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More sad news regarding swine flu spread today, with the first deaths in India and Sub-Saharan Africa confirmed.

India’s health ministry has confirmed that one patient with H1N1 has died in the city of Pune. According to news sources in the country 14-year old Rida Shaikh died at the Jehangir Hospital two weeks after contracting swine flu. Her family are now threatening to sue the hospital, with some reports alleging there were delays in diagnosis (Indian Express, Times of India, Voice of America).

South Africa has also confirmed the first death from swine flu in that country, a 22 year old university student who died on the 28 July.

In Europe a Russian health official has blamed the UK for being the source of most of Russia’s swine flu and said it is “absolutely inappropriate” for Russian citizens to travel there (Times).