Almotamar.net, Saba - Public Health and Population Ministry announced on Wednesday the first death case of H1N1 in the country.
Minister of Public Health and Population Abdul-Karim Rase'a confirmed the death of a new case was for a man, 40, from Dalei governorate.

The man, lived in the capital Sana'a, was suffered on August 10th from fever and slight cold and sent to the hospital on August 15, where his case was diagnosed as Pneumonia, the Minister said.

On August 16, the man's health got worse and was entered the intensive care, were his heath get much worse. He has not even responded to medications.

The hospital, on August 17, reported the Ministry on a H1N1-suspected case. The Ministry's epidemiological surveillance team took a laboratory sample and then gave him the first does of the N1H1's cure. However, he died at 10:45 PM on the same day.

The primary information showed that the man has not travelled outside the country but he had received one of his relatives returned from USA prior to getting sick.

Worth to mention is that the number of the N1H1-cases in Yemen has reached 16 people with two new cases announced on Tuesday.