HELSINKI, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- An 18-year old woman died from A/H1N1 flu on Tuesday evening in Lahti, southern Finland, bringing the death toll of the new disease to six in the country, Finnish media reported on Wednesday.

    The young woman had been suffering from chronic diseases before catching the novel flu. She was sent to hospital with fever early on Tuesday and died in the evening.

    Finland has counted five fatal cases related to A/H1N1 flu previously, four of which were chronic patients.

    A/H1N1 flu is spreading across Finland at present and 2,593 cases of the disease have been confirmed in the Nordic country. However, according to Finnish health authorities, the real number of infections with the virus could be several times of that.

    Finland is now inoculating people belonging to the high-risk groups, including health care personnel, pregnant women, chronic patients under 65 and children aged between 6 months and 36 months.

    According to Finnish health and social services minister Paula Risikko, about 15 to 20 percent of Finns have been inoculated with the flu vaccine and the government would make a decision on whether to vaccinate the entire population against A/H1N1 flu within two weeks.

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