The Korean health authorities confirmed Thursday.that a second pregnant woman has died of acute pneumonia caused by an unidentified virus, She was the second death among the seven pregnant women who had been hospitalized at a Seoul hospital in April for infection with the unknown virus.
The 36-year-old woman first visited the hospital on April 21 with early flu symptoms and breathing difficulty and was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis.
She died less than a month after hospitalization.
Same happened to anotherpregnant woman in the nine-month who died on May 10.
the Helath departmend and the seoul hospital are still searching to find out the cause of the unidentified virus related pneumonia.