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24 August 2009 [08:27] - Today.Az
A 23-year-old man suffering from chronic heart problems died on Sunday after contracting swine flu, Greece's first confirmed case, the Health Ministry said.
The young man, admitted to an intensive care unit at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center at the beginning of August, had reportedly contracted the pandemic H1N1 flu while he was hospitalised, DPA reported.
According to a ministry press release, the official cause of death was heart failure.
Greece is the first country which will launch a nationwide vaccination campaign of every citizen in the country against swine flu beginning in October.
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