First casualty of swine flu reported in Bangladesh

Dhaka, August 31: Bangladesh registered its first Swine flu casuality when Mita Chakravarty(37) succumbed to the dreaded virus at Lab Aid hospital in the capital tonight, hospital sources said.

Media Coordinator of the Lab Aid Hospital, Mesbah Azad confirmed the death of Mita of Swine flu. She was admitted to the hospital on August 18 with positive syndrom of the flu.

So far, 199 people have been affected by H1N1 virus in the country.

—-Agencies