KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait reported two more deaths from swine flu on Thursday taking the Gulf emirate’s death toll from the A(H1N1) virus to 16.
The Health Ministry said that both of the dead -- a 16-year-old boy and a man in his 30s -- were already suffering from other, chronic diseases.
It said 1,623 new cases of swine flu were diagnosed this week taking the total so far to 6,640, almost half of them reported in the past two weeks. About 400 of the cases have been among students.
The emirate has taken delivery of 145,000 vaccines and plans to start vaccinating selected groups from next Sunday, including young schoolchildren and those planning to perform Haj.
