An elderly Israeli patient of the influenza A/H1N1 died on Sunday, marking the 67th fatal case in the country related to the global epidemic, Xinhua reported.
The latest victim, a 72-year-old man, also suffered from serious chronic diseases, while the flu can not be ruled out as the cause of the death, Israeli Health Ministry was quoted as saying.
The death case came several days after local media revealed that Israelis seemed uninterested in receiving vaccines against the virus, with statistics from health authorities showing that only 1.3 percent of Israeli residents have been vaccinated despite the fact that a much larger number of doses were available.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered 7.3 million doses of A/H1N1 vaccines, enough for every resident in the country except for newborns.
Earlier this year, local health experts warned that about one quarter of the total Israeli population would contract the virus during a possible outbreak this winter, among whom around 700 would die.
Israel reports 67th A/H1N1-related death
An elderly Israeli patient of the influenza A/H1N1 died on Sunday.
