Well there are going to be plenty of children left un-vaccinated. Not to worry. There is far from enough to go around.
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Plymouth-UK-swine-flu-10/article-1310945-detail/article.html
Friday, September 04, 2009, 06:54
PLYMOUTH is in the top 10 of hotspots nationwide for swine flu.
The city’s position was revealed by the Government’s chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson at his weekly briefing into the pandemic.
It showed that Plymouth had the ninth highest rate of swine flu-related consultations, at 26.7 per 100,000 people – ahead of Manchester at 26.1 per 100,000.
And Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly – a new entry – was ranked even higher, being placed second highest with 34.2 consultations per 100,000. Southampton topped the league with 36.5 for every 100,000 people.
Health officials are still urging people to keep away from hospital and their GP surgeries if they think they have swine flu. Instead they should contact the national pandemic flu helpline on 0800 1 513 100.
It came as estimates of the number of people in the UK who could die in the flu pandemic were revised downwards to 19,000, from 65,000 reported in July.
Other figures showed there were an estimated 4,500 people newly diagnosed with swine flu in England in the last week.
This is a slight drop on the 5,000 cases reported in the previous week and down from a high of around 100,000 cases more than a month ago.
The number of deaths in England linked to the virus stands at 61, up from 57 last week.
Updated: 9:04 PM Sep 3, 2009
School closes due to illness
Another Eastern Kentucky school closes due to an unknown illness affecting one student. Knott County school officials told parents of children attending Cordia School to keep them home as a precaution.
Posted: 6:31 PM Sep 3, 2009
Reporter: Angela Beavin
Email Address: angela.beavin@wymtnews.com
School closes due to illness
Another Eastern Kentucky school closes due to an unknown illness affecting one student. Knott County school officials told parents of children attending Cordia School to keep them home as a precaution.
Cordia School was empty Thursday and will be for the rest of the week. A student was taken to UK Hospital in Lexington Wednesday with possible swelling in his head. Officials say they wanted to be safe and closed the school in order to take appropriate measures.
While the student is being treated, Knott County School officials are waiting to hear any information. Superintendent Kimberly King says, “They’re doing tests. There’s no confirmation of any infectious disease, but they’re running tests and said it would be 48 hours before we receive the results of the test.”
In the meantime, Cordia Principal Dwight Creech says they’re preparing for anything, in light of the recent illnesses schools are dealing with. Creech says, “With the Swine Flu and those type of things, since the beginning of school and before school we took extra precautions as far as disinfectants; cleaning the door knobs, you know, trying to go the extra mile.”
Creech and Knott County school officials say all of the cleaning and measures they’re taking are to make sure the school is safe. They say they’d rather be safe than sorry. “We would tend to close down if we have any level of concern. We would close down,” Creech says.
King says other Cordia kids and parents should understand that this is most likely not a contagious case. “The doctor said they were almost positive there was nothing infectious,” she says. Officials say they will keep students out of the building until they hear the final word from doctors.
Principal Creech says the cleaning crews will work through the entire weekend. He says school should resume on Tuesday, after the holiday.
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