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Swine influenza: a dozen people under observation in Scandinavia
STOCKHOLM - A dozen people who could be affected by the swine flu, have been placed under observation in Denmark and Sweden, while a suspected case was a priori rejected in Norway, according to health and hospital sources.
In Sweden, at least five people, some of whom have recently traveled to Mexico, are examined to determine whether or not they contracted the virus, "said Mia Brytting Monday, an official of the Swedish Institute for the Control infectious diseases, the agency TT.
In Denmark, three women and one man earnings a week earlier in Mexico and the United States, are under observation at Hvidovre Hospital (west of Copenhagen), announced the Chief Medical Officer of Gitte Kronborg Section of Infectious Diseases of the establishment, on the Danish TV station TV2 News.
These four young people from themselves to the hospital because of flu-like symptoms, according to TV2 News.
A fifth person, fifties, was hospitalized in Aalborg, northern Denmark, for a contracted flu on his return last Friday from a residence in the southern United States near the Mexican border.
In Norway, a tourist returning from Texas with flu-like symptoms was placed under surveillance but "so far the reviews suggest these are not swine flu," said the Norwegian Minister of Health, Bjarne Haakon Hanssen.
Mr. Hanssen said that Norway had signed with a pharmaceutical supply agreement priority treatment in the event of a pandemic.
In Iceland, where no suspect has yet been reported, according to health authorities.
Two young Danes, for observation over the weekend at the University Hospital of Copenhagen because of flu-like symptoms have also been able to return home Monday. The examinations showed that they were not affected by influenza virus.
Danish health authorities were to convene Monday at 14:00 (12:00 GMT) an emergency meeting of medical experts to review and upgrade the level of provisions in the event of arrival of this contagious disease in Denmark, which enjoys a stock of one tonne of the antiviral Tamiflu, seen as effective in treating influenza virus.
http://www.romandie.com/ats/news/090427144748.vli8tddf.asp
credits Lili
Swine influenza: a dozen people under observation in Scandinavia
STOCKHOLM - A dozen people who could be affected by the swine flu, have been placed under observation in Denmark and Sweden, while a suspected case was a priori rejected in Norway, according to health and hospital sources.
In Sweden, at least five people, some of whom have recently traveled to Mexico, are examined to determine whether or not they contracted the virus, "said Mia Brytting Monday, an official of the Swedish Institute for the Control infectious diseases, the agency TT.
In Denmark, three women and one man earnings a week earlier in Mexico and the United States, are under observation at Hvidovre Hospital (west of Copenhagen), announced the Chief Medical Officer of Gitte Kronborg Section of Infectious Diseases of the establishment, on the Danish TV station TV2 News.
These four young people from themselves to the hospital because of flu-like symptoms, according to TV2 News.
A fifth person, fifties, was hospitalized in Aalborg, northern Denmark, for a contracted flu on his return last Friday from a residence in the southern United States near the Mexican border.
In Norway, a tourist returning from Texas with flu-like symptoms was placed under surveillance but "so far the reviews suggest these are not swine flu," said the Norwegian Minister of Health, Bjarne Haakon Hanssen.
Mr. Hanssen said that Norway had signed with a pharmaceutical supply agreement priority treatment in the event of a pandemic.
In Iceland, where no suspect has yet been reported, according to health authorities.
Two young Danes, for observation over the weekend at the University Hospital of Copenhagen because of flu-like symptoms have also been able to return home Monday. The examinations showed that they were not affected by influenza virus.
Danish health authorities were to convene Monday at 14:00 (12:00 GMT) an emergency meeting of medical experts to review and upgrade the level of provisions in the event of arrival of this contagious disease in Denmark, which enjoys a stock of one tonne of the antiviral Tamiflu, seen as effective in treating influenza virus.
http://www.romandie.com/ats/news/090427144748.vli8tddf.asp
credits Lili