A woman, who was said to have tested positive for A (H1N1) virus, popularly known as swine flu, died at Model Hospital in the Capital on Saturday night.
Dr. Bharat Pradhan, director of Kathmandu, Model Hospital, said the woman breathed her last during treatment on Saturday night.
The identity of the woman has not been discolsed. Hospital sources said that she was a patient of asthma and was also detected with pneumonia when she was admitted to the hospital. The woman had not travelled outside the Capital valley recently, suggesting that she had contracted the disease in the Valley.
This is the first death caused by the disease in Nepal.
It has already claimed near a 1000 lives in India.
As of Friday, the total number of people who tested positive for the swine flu virus has reached 31 in the country. Of the 31 cases, 23 have been reported in the Valley.
With an epidemic looming, the government has already set up health desks at major transit points along the border with India and also at Tribhuvan International Airport to screen arrivals into the country.
Cough, fever, headache, sore throat, muscle pain, chills,vomiting or diarrhoea are common symptoms of swine flu. If a person develops one of these symptoms, he/she should immediately consult a doctor.
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