英國新增三名H1N1流感確認病例 - 留學

英國確認新增三起H1N1新型流感病例：一名在Devon的12歲女孩，
兩名分別住在伯明罕及倫敦的成人。加上先前的兩名蘇格蘭患者，
英國共計五名確認病例。

另外，美國德州也有一名幼兒患者確認因流感死亡，成為墨西哥
以外第一起新型流感致死案例。

各位在英國的海外學子請多加留意這波疫情~

新聞原文：

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8024690.stm

BBC News 11:27 GMT, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 12:27 UK

Three new swine flu cases in UK

A 12-year-old girl is among five people in the UK who have
contracted swine flu after visiting Mexico, the Prime Minister,
Gordon Brown, has confirmed.

Two adults - one from Birmingham and one from London - are also
undergoing treatment, as are the two previously confirmed cases
in Scotland.

The girl's school in Torbay, Devon, has been closed and all
pupils are to be offered anti-viral drugs.

Mr Brown said all those with the virus were responding well to
treatment.

The number of swine flu cases globally is rising and the US has
confirmed that the death of a 23-month-old child there is the
first fatality outside Mexico.

In Scotland, the BBC understands that tests proved negative on
seven people who had come into contact with a couple from Polmont,
near Falkirk, who were the UK's first confirmed cases.

The results of tests on two more of the original contact group
relating to Dawn and Iain Askham are still pending.

Mr Brown revealed the latest cases at Prime Minister's Questions.
All of those affected have travelled recently from Mexico, Mr Brown
said.

"All of them have mild symptoms. All of them are receiving and are
responding well to the treatment that has been effective so far,
the use of Tamiflu [anti-viral drug]," he said.

The UK was taking "the preparations that are necessary and the
precautions to prevent the incidence of this disease in this country",
the Prime Minister added.

This included enhanced airport checks, expanding anti-viral stocks
from 35 million to 50 million, ordering extra face masks and printing
an information leaflet for every family, he added.


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