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    Authorities use bird flu plan to tackle influenza outbreak
    The ACT Health Department says it is using plans drawn up for the bird flu threat, to control an influenza outbreak at the Jindalee Nursing Home.

    An eighth elderly resident died today and authorities believe the toll may rise further.

    Sixty-eight people - including staff - have been affected.

    The Acting Chief Health Officer, Charles Guest, says authorities are doing everything possible to control the outbreak.

    "We got onto this one early and have identified it as influenza and I'm hoping that the measures that we've put in place have actually reduced the amount of illness and death that have arisen because of it," he said.

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    Re: Authorities use bird flu plan to tackle influenza outbreak

    Have the Australians released the type of influenza causing the outbreak at the nursing home in Canberra? I keep seeing the "it's not bird flu" stories yet I do not see what the HA and NA are. It would be interesting to see if this fit the WHO target for the Southern Hemisphere seasonal vaccine or not.......

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