An 86-year-old local man died of Type A influenza associated with pneumonia on Monday – the first flu death confirmed in Macau this year, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement last night.
The chronically ill victim started to have respiratory infection symptoms on December 26 and took some traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) remedies on the mainland, but his condition failed to improve, the statement said.
On Friday, the man felt short of breath and went to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre for emergency treatment and remained hospitalised, the statement said. The patient was then diagnosed with pneumonia.
