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Editor, Senior Moderator
Friday October 29 2010
SWINE flu is back -- the first reported case this autumn has been diagnosed in a young child.
The child, who is under five years of age, had to be hospitalised with the virus, the country's disease watchdog revealed last night.
Another case of influenza A, a common strain, was also reported last week .
A vaccine is now available which protects against all the strains of flu circulating this year, including swine flu.
Last winter there were three deaths among children aged between 5-14 years from swine flu in the Republic. Children with underlying illnesses are among the risk groups who are advised to get the vaccine in Ireland this winter.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/fresh-case-of-swine-flu-2399464.html
SWINE flu is back -- the first reported case this autumn has been diagnosed in a young child.
The child, who is under five years of age, had to be hospitalised with the virus, the country's disease watchdog revealed last night.
Another case of influenza A, a common strain, was also reported last week .
A vaccine is now available which protects against all the strains of flu circulating this year, including swine flu.
Last winter there were three deaths among children aged between 5-14 years from swine flu in the Republic. Children with underlying illnesses are among the risk groups who are advised to get the vaccine in Ireland this winter.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/fresh-case-of-swine-flu-2399464.html