ANKARA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- One more Turk died of A/H1N1 flu in southeastern Turkey on Saturday, bringing the total number of fatalities blamed on the virus to 94, a high-ranking official said.

    Kahramanmaras Governor Niyazi Tanilir said in a statement that a woman was taken from Koksun State Hospital to Medical Faculty of Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University for treatment on Monday and died of the novel flu.

    On Thursday, the Turkish Health Ministry said in a statement that the death toll of the A/H1N1 flu epidemic rose to 93 in Turkey with 20 more victims reported in the past three days.

    Currently, 280 people infected with the flu were treated in hospitals and 59 of them in intensive care units, the ministry said.

    Turkey reported the first A/H1N1 flu case in May and the first death from the disease last month. It has seen a fast rise in the number of deaths caused by the flu in the past weeks.

    Turkey started to vaccinate health care personnel early this month. On Monday, it launched vaccination for children between the ages of six months and five years as well as people suffering from chronic illnesses.

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