Australia:
Qld hospital staff first to get flu jabs
GABRIELLE DUNLEVY
September 30, 2009 - 11:34AM
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/qld-hospital-staff-first-to-get-flu-jabs-20090930-gbu0.html
Staff at one of Queensland’s biggest hospitals have been among the first to be vaccinated for human swine flu.
Premier Anna Bligh on Wednesday visited Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital where up to 700 staff will be vaccinated each day.
Human swine flu has killed 179 Australians, including 40 in Queensland.
Ms Bligh said vaccinating health care workers would ensure hospitals could be staffed if a “second wave” of the pandemic hit.
http://www.lfpress.com/newsstand/News/CanadaWorld/2009/10/02/112441
Washing hands no help
Fri, October 2, 2009
The bug is more easily transmitted through airborne particles than through hand contact
By ELIZABETH THOMPSON, SUN MEDIA NATIONAL BUREAU
OTTAWA — Washing your hands might not be as effective as people think in fighting the H1N1 flu virus, an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests.