A 26-YEAR-old Perth woman has died of swine flu, taking the Australian tally of people killed by the virus to five.

She is the second West Australian with swine flu to die.

A 26-year-old man from the remote WA Aboriginal community of Kiwirrkurra, west of Alice Springs, became the first Australian swine flu fatality when he died in Royal Adelaide Hospital on June 19.

WA chief health officer Tarun Weeramanthri said the Perth woman, who was being treated for an underlying medical condition in the intensive care unit at Royal Perth Hospital, died late on Friday.

The woman had been in intensive care for several days before her death.

Source/Full Story: The Australian

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