A woman with swine flu has died in Ho Chi Minh City, the third known death related to the H1N1 virus in Vietnam so far, the city’s health department announced on Saturday night.

She was diagnosed with critical pneumonia, respiratory failure and a blood infection, and was disorientated.

The patient tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) virus on Friday and was given the antiviral drug Tamiflu but died later in the day.

The first two deaths, both women, were recorded in HCMC and Khanh Hoa on the central coast.

So far 2,483 cases of H1N1 infection have been reported in Vietnam, including 187 on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said.

Source: Thanh Nien, Tuoi Tre