Jerusalem, (TheStates.News ) A 40-year-old man died of flu in Israel on Thursday, taking the toll to 15 since the outbreak of the disease amidst a shortage of flu vaccines.
The man died of complications of the flu after doctors in the Sheba hospital outside Tel Aviv struggled to save his life for about a week, a spokeswoman for the hospital said in a statement, Xinhua reported.
On the same day, a nine-year-old girl was hospitalized in the Sheba hospital in critical condition.
A total of 15 people have died of flu complications, including two minors, in a recent flu outbreak that hit Israel with especially aggressive strains. At least 130 people have been hospitalized in serious condition this winter, compared to 45 last winter, according to official figures released by the Health Ministry, the agency further reported.
As Israelis scrambled to get flu shots, only about 150,000 vaccines remained in stocks, according to Israel’s four healthcare organizations.
Some 1.8 million people, or about 20 percent of the Israeli population, have been vaccinated so far. uni
Flu death toll rises to 15 in Israel as vaccines run low
