KOBE (Kyodo) A 77-year-old man who had been suffering from several chronic diseases died Tuesday after being infected with swine flu, Kobe officials said.
The man, who lived in Tarumi Ward, Kobe, is the second person in Japan to die in connection with the H1N1 virus. A 57-year-old man in Okinawa died Saturday.
The Kobe man, whose name was not released, had been ill with pulmonary emphysema, diabetes, high blood pressure and renal failure for which he had been undergoing kidney dialysis three times a week. He died because the flu caused acute bronchitis, leading to deterioration of his pulmonary emphysema that eventually killed him, the officials said.