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Four die from flu but levels of virus still low
Helen Puttick
Health Correspondent
Friday 14 February 2014
FOUR people have died from flu in Scotland this winter but the number of people catching the virus remains low, according to officials.
The latest update released by Health Protection Scotland (HPS), which monitors flu levels each winter, says that 14 patients have been admitted to intensive care units with the illness since the start of October.
Tests have confirmed that all but one was suffering from swine flu, the H1N1 virus which caused the flu pandemic in 2009-10 and now returns each year...
Four die from flu but levels of virus still low
Helen Puttick
Health Correspondent
Friday 14 February 2014
FOUR people have died from flu in Scotland this winter but the number of people catching the virus remains low, according to officials.
The latest update released by Health Protection Scotland (HPS), which monitors flu levels each winter, says that 14 patients have been admitted to intensive care units with the illness since the start of October.
Tests have confirmed that all but one was suffering from swine flu, the H1N1 virus which caused the flu pandemic in 2009-10 and now returns each year...
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