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Child dies from swine flu

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Belfast – A child who was diagnosed with swine flu just over a week ago has died, the Public Health Agency has confirmed.
The child was a pupil at Ceara School in Lurgan, County Armagh – a special school for children with severe learning disabilities.
Twenty people from Northern Ireland died in last year’s swine flu outbreak, including a number of children with severe learning difficulties.
The child was one of two people diagnosed with the virus last week. (BBC)

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