The Navy Cadet

Bangkok governor Sukhumbhant Boribhat, center, sprays water as other workers use the brooms to sweep the floor in a campaign to clean up the city to fight against swine flu at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, June 29, 2009. The Thai Health Ministry has confirmed 80 new cases of swine flu, most of them students in Bangkok.

A navy cadet was the third person to die from the influenza A(H1N1) virus in Thailand, the Public Health Ministry said on Monday. The 21-year-old navy cadet was obese, which caused him to have weak lungs, health permanent secretary Praj Boonyawongwirojana said. His condition had deteriorated on Sunday, and he died on Monday morning, the head of the Department of Medical Services Dr Rewat Wisarutvej said.

Thai workers clean escalators at a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday, June 18, 2009. Thailand's Public Health Ministry has confirmed 95 new cases of swine flu, bringing the country's total to 405 cases, officials said Wednesday.

Surapon Chatwanit, head of Somdej Phranangjao Sirikit Hospital in Chonburi, said the cadet was admitted there last Monday. He had penumonia and tested postitive for the H1N1 virus. The ministry also reported 41 new cases of influenza A infection on Monday, raising the total number to 1,330 in Thailand. Eighteen of the patients remained in hospital. Prior to the death of the naval cadet, a 40-year-old woman died on June 20 at a private hospital in Bangkok and a 42-year-old man who was an engineer died on June 27 from the virus.

Source : Bangkok Post.com
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