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Editor, Senior Moderator
SEVENTY children under four years of age have been hospitalised with flu -- six of these have been admitted to intensive care.
Children make up the single biggest group in the country suffering from the severe effects of swine flu and other strains of the virus, which has killed two people -- a man in the east of the country and a woman in the west.
One of the people who died was in the 15-64 age group and one was over 65 years. Both patients had underlying medical conditions.
As flu rates double to record levels in the past week, it has emerged that a total of 87 children under the age of 14 have been admitted to hospital.
All of the six children taken into intensive care were all up to four years of age and five of them are still being treated in ICU. The rate of flu in this age group is more than double that of any other group.
In addition, 38 pregnant women have been infected with flu and 21 of them had to be hospitalised -- 20 with swine flu and one with another form of the virus.
Flu has now hit 9,130 people and 393 of these have been admitted to hospital. In 72 people the symptoms were so serious they needed intensive care and at least 42 of this group continue to be treated for serious complications.
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/six-children-in-intensive-care-with-swine-flu-2496143.html
Children make up the single biggest group in the country suffering from the severe effects of swine flu and other strains of the virus, which has killed two people -- a man in the east of the country and a woman in the west.
One of the people who died was in the 15-64 age group and one was over 65 years. Both patients had underlying medical conditions.
As flu rates double to record levels in the past week, it has emerged that a total of 87 children under the age of 14 have been admitted to hospital.
All of the six children taken into intensive care were all up to four years of age and five of them are still being treated in ICU. The rate of flu in this age group is more than double that of any other group.
In addition, 38 pregnant women have been infected with flu and 21 of them had to be hospitalised -- 20 with swine flu and one with another form of the virus.
Flu has now hit 9,130 people and 393 of these have been admitted to hospital. In 72 people the symptoms were so serious they needed intensive care and at least 42 of this group continue to be treated for serious complications.
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/six-children-in-intensive-care-with-swine-flu-2496143.html