3 officers in city homicide unit diagnosed with swine flu (Maryland)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/swine-flu/bal-homicideflu1014,0,5398298.story
Three officers in the Baltimore Police Department’s homicide unit have been diagnosed with the swine flu, though two have been cleared by doctors to return to work, the agency’s chief spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said this morning.
Police officials said they are taking steps to minimize an outbreak, though they caution that officers and detectives are constantly interacting with people.
“We have a high amount of exposure to the public,” Guglielmi said. “We deal with the entire city. These are things we have to be mindful of.”
Officials have given all of the roughly 3,100 officers small bottles of hand sanitizer to carry, and each office has a large container of hand-sanitizer solution. “We are doing everything we can to keep the department clean,” the spokesman said. The homicide office on the fifth floor of police headquarters on East Fayette Street, where more than 70 detectives and support staff work, has been cleaned.
On Tuesday, state officials confirmed a 10th death from the H1N1 virus in Maryland. The victim was identified only as an adult from Western Maryland. Since spring, 217 people in Maryland have been hospitalized and two children have died as a result of the swine flu.
Hong Kong reports another A/H1N1 flu death case
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/14/content_12232564.htm
2009-10-14
A 51-year-old male patient who tested positive for Influenza A/H1N1 died here Wednesday, bringing the total number of A/H1N1-related deaths to 31 in the city, Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority announced.
According to the Hospital Authority, the man had a history of Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease. He was admitted to the Accident and Emergency Department of Pok Oi Hospital due to shortness of breath on Oct. 11. The patient became critically ill on Oct. 12 and tested positive of Influenza A/H1N1 on the same day. He was certified dead at 7:50 a.m. on Wednesday.
The case has been reported to the Hospital Authority Head Office and the Center for Health Protection.
One more critical cases of confirmed A/ H1N1 flu was also reported on Wednesday, involving a 54-year-old male patient with a history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension in Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital.