Pregnant woman becomes Cambodia's thirds swine flu fatality

Phnom Penh: Cambodia's health minister says a 25-year-old pregnant woman died from swine flu, the country's third reported fatality from the illness.

Health Minister Mam Bunheng says the woman, who was nine months pregnant, went to a Phnom Penh hospital several days ago with flu-like symptoms and tested positive for swine flu.

He said doctors performed a cesarian and the baby was born healthy but the woman died Tuesday.

The minister said Cambodia's second swine-flu related death, a 47-year-old man, occurred Monday at the same hospital.

Other details were not immediately available.

The World Health Organization reports more than 340,000 confirmed cases of H1N1 worldwide, and more than 4,100 deaths. Many countries have stopped counting individual cases.