Correction to media reports

re: Hamilton, New Zealand H1N1 death

The country's first swine flu-related deaths were confirmed today. Three people - a 19-year-old man from Waikato, a 42-year old man from Christchurch and a young girl from Wellington - are the first fatalities of the H1N1 virus.

The 19-year-old has been named as Zachary Wilson from Hamilton. Some media outlets are reporting he died in hospital. This is incorrect. He died at his home in Hamilton on Sunday 28 June, not in hospital.


Date: 4 July 2009


Mary Anne Gill
Director
Media and Communications
Waikato District Health Board
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Hamilton 3240
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