CAIRO, September 6 (RIA Novosti) - A second person has died from a swine flu in Egypt, a spokesman for the Egyptian Health Ministry said on Sunday.
The victim was a 25-year-old woman from the Daqahliyah province in northern Egypt, the spokesman said.
"The woman contracted the virus back on August 20 but refused to undergo medical treatment with her doctor," the spokesman said, adding that the woman was later hospitalized but the doctors already could not save her life.
The first swine flu death in Egypt was registered back in July when a 25-year-old Egyptian woman died after returning from pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
According to the Egyptian Health Ministry, 783 swine flu cases have been registered in the country, of whom 716 people have fully recovered from the illness.
More than 3,200 people have died from swine flu worldwide, with the total number of officially confirmed cases reaching 271,000, a World Health Organization report said on Friday.
