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Swine Flu, (H1N1) pregnancy deaths acknowledged in Cuba

Cuba has acknowledged its first deaths from swine flu, saying three pregnant women have died from the H1N1 virus and thousands of others have been treated for symptoms.

The report does not say how many women remain in hospital, nor does it make clear whether all of the 2,100 cases were confirmed to be H1N1.

The communist government has said it will use everything at its disposal to fight swine flu, including calling in the armed forces, but it has expressed deep reservations about global plans to use a vaccine, which is currently being rolled.

Cuban health officials have said that the global program will be costly and could also be ineffective, since the virus could easily mutate and make any vaccine obsolete.

The article said there are now 621 confirmed cases, including 177 children, in the country of more than 11 million people.

Deputy Health Minister Jose Angel Portal said a total of 2,100 pregnant women were treated for symptoms of the disease, with 110 of them seriously ill, in comments reported by the official Communist Party newspaper, Granma, on Saturday.

Most of the early cases of swine flu were among visitors to the island, but Granma said the number of Cubans coming down with the virus was rising.

         

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