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Cuba reports first swine flu deaths

By IANS,

Havana : Three pregnant women have succumbed to swine flu in Cuba, becoming the first reported casualties of the disease in the country, reports EFE news agency.

Cuban authorities said 621 cases of swine flu have been confirmed. Luis Estruch, deputy minister of hygiene, epidemiology and microbiology, said 177 of the patients were children.