BANGKOK - THAILAND'S health authority on Saturday confirmed another death from H1N1 flu, bringing the country's toll to 15.

The Public Health Ministry said a 63-year-old woman hospitalised with the A(H1N1) virus a week ago had died in Samut Prakarn province, just outside the capital Bangkok.

It has also said that the virus could spread to up to 30 million Thais and there could be about 1,200 fatalities if the infection continued to spread for up to three years, according to ministry forecasts.

The ministry said there were now 3,228 confirmed cases of H1N1 flu, with six in a serious condition. -- AFP