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Swine flu kills tourist in North Queensland
Article from: The Courier-Mail
Janelle Miles
August 14, 2009 09:56am
A 48-year-old American tourist has died of swine flu in the Cairns Hospital, bringing the number of pandemic virus-related deaths in Queensland to 23.
Among those who have died was a stillborn baby girl whose mother developed the disease in late pregnancy.
A Queensland Health spokesman said the American woman was in the group of people considered at risk of complications from swine flu.
``It is not known how long she had been in Australia or where she contracted the virus,'' he said.
Late yesterday, 104 people were in Queensland hospitals with H1N1, including 37 in intensive care. Another 17 patients were in ICUs with suspected swine flu.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said she believed the state had reached its peak for transmission of the disease.
``I think there are some signs that we are at the peak and possibly coming down from that peak, particularly in southeast Queensland,'' Dr Young said.
``I think we're still peaking further north because the virus got their later.
``But it still means that a lot more people will get it.''
A swine flu vaccine is expected to start being rolled out in October.
Swine flu kills tourist in North Queensland
Article from: The Courier-Mail
Janelle Miles
August 14, 2009 09:56am
A 48-year-old American tourist has died of swine flu in the Cairns Hospital, bringing the number of pandemic virus-related deaths in Queensland to 23.
Among those who have died was a stillborn baby girl whose mother developed the disease in late pregnancy.
A Queensland Health spokesman said the American woman was in the group of people considered at risk of complications from swine flu.
``It is not known how long she had been in Australia or where she contracted the virus,'' he said.
Late yesterday, 104 people were in Queensland hospitals with H1N1, including 37 in intensive care. Another 17 patients were in ICUs with suspected swine flu.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said she believed the state had reached its peak for transmission of the disease.
``I think there are some signs that we are at the peak and possibly coming down from that peak, particularly in southeast Queensland,'' Dr Young said.
``I think we're still peaking further north because the virus got their later.
``But it still means that a lot more people will get it.''
A swine flu vaccine is expected to start being rolled out in October.