JF: due to a recent outbreak in the centre of the country, 47 new confirmed cases are reported today. It is unlikely that this amount of illness will be contined with Tamiflu blankets.
LINK to HPA
26 May 2009
47 further patients under investigation in England have today been confirmed with swine flu bringing the current total number of confirmed UK cases to 184.
Testing of the swine flu virus is carried out by the Health Protection Agency's laboratories.
44 of the newly confirmed cases are in the West Midlands region - 41 children and three adults linked to a previously confirmed case and the ongoing investigation of a school outbreak.
The three additional new cases in England are two adults and one child from the East of England region and London - two are returning travellers and the other is linked to a previously confirmed case.
LINK to HPA
26 May 2009
47 further patients under investigation in England have today been confirmed with swine flu bringing the current total number of confirmed UK cases to 184.
Testing of the swine flu virus is carried out by the Health Protection Agency's laboratories.
44 of the newly confirmed cases are in the West Midlands region - 41 children and three adults linked to a previously confirmed case and the ongoing investigation of a school outbreak.
The three additional new cases in England are two adults and one child from the East of England region and London - two are returning travellers and the other is linked to a previously confirmed case.
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