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A Russian national had died from A/H1N1 flu in Beijing after medical treatment failed, local health authorities said Tuesday. The 32-year-old man, whose name was not given, died Monday afternoon. He arrived in Beijing from Russia on Oct. 28 by air and went to the Ditan Hospital on Sunday with severe breathing difficulties and other symptoms, according to Beijing Municipal Health Bureau. He was tested positive for the A/H1N1 flu virus on Monday. In a separate case, a 60-year-old man in Ningbo city of eastern China's Zhejiang Province died Tuesday, two days after his A/H1N1 flu was cured. The man, whose name was also not given, was admitted by the Ningbo Lihuili Hospital on Oct. 18 for A/H1N1 flu. He tested negative for the virus on Sunday, but died two days later from multiple organ failure. The patient had a history of high blood pressure and a lung disease for more than three years, according to the hospital. Seven Chinese have died of the A/H1N1 flu on the mainland as of Monday. The...

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