Last week over 100 people were infected with swine flu in Sweden, double the the week before. This season so far, 67 patients have been admitted to hospital with swine flu, of these, eight have had to go into intensive care. Most of those who have been hospitalized have been between 15 and 64 years old.
The increase is expected to continue for another few weeks, with the largest increase in V?rmland and SMI wants those in the risk groups to get vaccinated.
"The problem we have is that some of those who get infected by swine flu become seriously ill," said Annika Linde, city epidemiologist at SMI to Swedish Radio news.
Those at risk are people over 65, those with heart and lung disease and other serious illness, children with multiple disabilities, and the extremely overweight and pregnant. The vaccine used is the same Pandemrix type used in the 2009 outbreak, which caused narcolepsy among children.
After receiving the Pandemrix swine flu vaccination in 2009, 177 cases of narcolepsi were reported in Sweden, according to TT.
The increase is expected to continue for another few weeks, with the largest increase in V?rmland and SMI wants those in the risk groups to get vaccinated.
"The problem we have is that some of those who get infected by swine flu become seriously ill," said Annika Linde, city epidemiologist at SMI to Swedish Radio news.
Those at risk are people over 65, those with heart and lung disease and other serious illness, children with multiple disabilities, and the extremely overweight and pregnant. The vaccine used is the same Pandemrix type used in the 2009 outbreak, which caused narcolepsy among children.
After receiving the Pandemrix swine flu vaccination in 2009, 177 cases of narcolepsi were reported in Sweden, according to TT.
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