WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish medical official says that a 48-year-old man infected with the swine flu virus has died.
The man could be the first person without any other medical condition to die from the virus in Poland.
Robert Starzec, director of a hospital in Lodz, said Monday that two independent laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the virus in the man, who died during the night. He was brought to the hospital on Saturday in very serious condition.
Starzec said an autopsy on Tuesday will clarify whether any other conditions contributed to his death.
On Friday, a 37-year-old man with swine flu, liver problems and pneumonia died in Gdansk, becoming the first person in Poland with swine flu to die.
