Eight-Year-Old Dies of Swine Flu in Macedonia

The child also suffered from cerebral palsy.

After receiving treatment at home, the child was admitted to the Clinic for Infectious Diseases as tests proved the presence of H1N1 influenza. Despite doctors' efforts and the prescribed therapy, the child died on Saturday, Macedonia's Health Ministry said in a press release.

At the moment, 48 people with confirmed or suspected cases of A/H1N1 are being treated at the clinic, while a total of 30 children are receiving treatment for the seasonal flu at children's hospitals.

Currently, 22 people in Macedonia are confirmed to be infected with the swine flu, the Institute for Public Health says.

Thus far, 8,800 people have been registered with flu infections, and six deaths have been reported - two of the individuals who died had tested positive for A(H1N1) flu, two had type B flu, while the other two were diagnosed with clinical flu-like symptoms, reads the press release.