Turkish Health Minister, Mehmet Muezzinoglu, confirmed on Thursday that the death toll from swine flu had reached a total of eight this year so far.
Swine flu death toll rises to 8 - Health Minister
The minister confirmed that swine flu killed 30 people throughout Turkey in 2015.
Turkey's swine flu death toll rises to 8--Health Minister
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He said on Thursday at a press conference in Ankara that before being infected, six people were chronically ill ; one was pregnant, while the other had no health problem.
Muezzinoglu said three people, including two Syrians, also died as a result of swine flu in the Turkish southern province of Adana on Jan. 3.
In 2009, the H1N1 endemic erupted in Mexico, later becoming a worldwide epidemic.
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