221 people may have been in contact with the virus
- From: "Pat Gardiner" <patgardiner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 20:24:28 +0100
Pat's Note. I think it is time to put the police into the State Veterinary
Service . I pressed Jim Scudamore, in writing, to do just this seven years
ago.
He decided to refuse and took a knighthood instead.
Bad decision. You can't control an human epidemic with criminals, even if
they are fully accredited members if the RCVS and civil servants too.
I think Sir James Scudamore is overdue to explain his extraordinary
behaviour.
Tough, Sir Jim, you did it, you explain, if you can.
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/health/80+given+antibird+flu+drugs/536452
Last Modified: 29 May 2007
Source: PA News
Staff and patients at a hospital are being treated with anti-avian flu drugs
after it emerged a health worker may have been infected with the virus.
Almost 80 people at Glan Clwyd hospital in North Wales have received the
Tamiflu drug as a precaution.
The move comes after it was confirmed a worker at the hospital was being
treated for the H7 flu virus.
Health officials are contacting a further 69 people at Gwynedd hospital
after a former patient suffered symptoms.
On Monday, schoolchildren and staff at Ysgol Henllan primary school near the
Corwen farm were offered courses of anti-flu drug Tamiflu after a pupil fell
ill.
A total of 12 people are so far thought to have contracted the avian flu
virus since it was discovered at a farm in Corwen last week.
Preliminary tests have confirmed two people are suffering from the H7 virus.
Further tests are being carried out on the remaining 10 to establish whether
they also have the illness.
The disease is the "very mild" H7N2 strain rather than the more virulent
H5N1 variety.
The virus is thought to have spread from infected chickens, which were
traded at Chelford Market in Cheshire two weeks ago.
Health officials said 221 people may have been in contact with the virus but
stressed the spread of the disease from person to person would be "very
unusual".
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not responsible or liable to you for the same.
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Pat Gardiner
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