Tehran (AFP) - An outbreak of swine flu in Iran has claimed 42 lives since mid-November, including in a province neighbouring Tehran, Health Minister Hassan Hashemi said Thursday. Hashemi, quoted by ISNA news agency, said 33 deaths from the H1N1 virus were recorded in Kerman and five in Sistan-Baluchistan, both provinces in southeastern Iran. The ...

Tehran. Suleyman Farzaliyev APA. The H1N1 outbreak claimed 86 lives in Iran last year, said Iran's deputy Health Minister Ali Akbar Sayyari, IRNA reported. However, media didnt highlight these issues at that time. The death cases from the flu were extensively discussed in Kerman province. Nevertheless, similar incidents were widely spread in Tabriz ...

Some 22 people have died after contracting the H1N1 flu virus in Irans southeastern province of Kerman. The health deputy of Kerman Medical University, Nozar Nakhaei, made the announcement late on Sunday, adding that most of the deceased had underlying chronic diseases before becoming infected, IRNA reported. Stressing that the sickness shows ...