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Australia:
Nearly 100 dead from swine flu
11 August 2009 | 07:48:11 PM | Source: AAP
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1071127/Nearly-100-dead-from-swine-flu
Vaccination against swine flu is preferable to taking antivirals, Australia’s chief medical officer says.
Professor Jim Bishop said that while antivirals were effective in children by reducing symptoms for one or two days they should not be considered a cure-all.
The total number of deaths in Australia associated with swine flu has reached 98.
Confirmed deaths across Australia include 32 deaths in NSW, 21 in Queensland, 19 in Victoria, nine in South Australia, eight in WA, four in both Tasmania and the NT, and one in ACT.
A world-first trial of a swine flu vaccine in children began in Australia on Monday with the results expected to be known within weeks.
“It is currently recommended that antivirals be used for vulnerable people, including children, and those who rapidly deteriorate, to help reduce their symptoms,” Prof Bishop said in a statement on Tuesday.
“However, the evidence is still developing on how effective antivirals are in preventing severe complications.”
Children aged under one should not be prescribed antivirals, he said.
“Antivirals are the only treatments for the current pandemic influenza outbreak which is why the government is moving quickly to obtain a vaccine when it is ready and get it out into the community as early as possible.”
Prof Bishop said the Therapeutic Goods Administration was continuing to monitor any reports of adverse reactions.
There have been 27,663 confirmed cases of swine flu in Australia since the first diagnosis on May 7.
A total of 3,287 people have been hospitalised, while 441 patients are currently in hospital diagnosed with the H1N1 virus with 114 of them in intensive care units.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/world/asia/16australia.html?_r=1
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