Ireland: 12 die from flu in one month as outbreak spreads

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Eight die from flu in one month as outbreak spreads
Eilish O'Regan, Health Correspondent ? 21 February 2014

Three elderly people have died and five children are in intensive care after a major spread of flu in the past week.

The country is now in the grip of a major flu outbreak, which is posing a particular risk to the over 65s.

Eight flu deaths have so far been confirmed since the middle of January and the spread of the virus is continuing to increase...

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Death toll from flu outbreak has now hit 10

TEN lives have now been lost this season because of the worsening flu outbreak, with two young children among the deaths.


The latest figures include two lives lost since the latest influenza report from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre last week.

The laboratory figures reveal that one of the deaths was a child under four, while another was a child in the five-to-14 age bracket.

A further death arose in a person aged 15 to 64, while seven people aged over 65 died.

A HSE spokesman said he was not in a position last night to clarify if a second child death was one of the most recent flu deaths.

The Influenza A (H3) virus is the predominant virus circulating and has resulted in four deaths. A further four were from Influenza A(H1)pdm09 strain, while one death resulted from Influenza A.

Swabs were not taken in the case of one death, but it appeared the person was displaying 'influenza-like' symptoms.

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Flu death toll rises to 12 as two more die

TWO more people have died of flu, bringing the official death toll to 12 this winter as the illness continues to spread.

The recent deaths have been among the over-65s, and several outbreaks have been reported in nursing homes.

The latest report from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre said the spread of flu, including swine flu, increased slightly last week.

Mercy University Hospital (MUH) in Cork has confirmed that one of its patients is suffering from swine flu. It comes just a week after Cork University Hospital reported a case of the same strain of flu.

MUH also reported that two other patients at the hospital have a separate strain of flu.

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