Via Courier Mail :
" QUEENSLAND Health has declared a dengue fever outbreak in Cairns, following confirmation of the mosquito-borne disease in two suburbs.
One resident in Mooroobool, and another in Manunda have been diagnosed with the potentially deadly disease and test results on three other suspected cases are pending.
Queensland Health medical officer Steven Donohue said it was too early to say whether the cases were linked to two outbreaks in Innisfail, where 47 Type-2 cases and eight Type-4 cases have been diagnosed this year."
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, November 22, 2010
Australia : Swine flu outbreak denied at boarding school
Via Courier Mail :
" A DARWIN school has denied there has been an outbreak of swine flu among their boarding students.
The NT News has been told four teenagers - three girls and a boy - have been diagnosed with swine flu at St John's College.
Several more students have been tested for the illness and one teacher is off sick and waiting for test results.
A staff member, who wished not to be named, said the first student was diagnosed with swine flu on Thursday.
Three more were confirmed as having the H1N1 virus the next day."
" A DARWIN school has denied there has been an outbreak of swine flu among their boarding students.
The NT News has been told four teenagers - three girls and a boy - have been diagnosed with swine flu at St John's College.
Several more students have been tested for the illness and one teacher is off sick and waiting for test results.
A staff member, who wished not to be named, said the first student was diagnosed with swine flu on Thursday.
Three more were confirmed as having the H1N1 virus the next day."
Friday, April 30, 2010
Australia : Doctors bracing for flu epidemic
Via Courier Mail:
" HEALTH authorities are increasingly worried that Queensland is heading for a horror flu season.
Doctors were already expecting a "double whammy" flu threat, with the return of swine flu and two more conventional strains expected to circulate.
Now the number of people requesting flu vaccinations has plummeted after the shots were banned for children aged five and under.
GPs are reporting a 50 per cent drop in requests for the seasonal flu vaccine, which is safe for those over the age of five and protects against swine flu, or H1N1, influenza B and A:Perth.
The swine flu vaccination remains safe for all ages."
" HEALTH authorities are increasingly worried that Queensland is heading for a horror flu season.
Doctors were already expecting a "double whammy" flu threat, with the return of swine flu and two more conventional strains expected to circulate.
Now the number of people requesting flu vaccinations has plummeted after the shots were banned for children aged five and under.
GPs are reporting a 50 per cent drop in requests for the seasonal flu vaccine, which is safe for those over the age of five and protects against swine flu, or H1N1, influenza B and A:Perth.
The swine flu vaccination remains safe for all ages."
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