Swine flu death in Valašské Meziříčí

Swine flu has claimed the life of a middle-aged man in the eastern town of Valašské Meziříčí. Hospital officials on Sunday said that the virus alone was likely responsible for the man’s death, as he suffered from no other apparent illness. The 45-year-old was the fourth person to die from the virus in the Czech Republic; the death of a fifth infected individual was put down to cancer. All of the deaths in the Czech Republic in which swine flu was a contributing factor have occurred over the last month.