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Graham Perrin

Swine flu sweeps globe - Health News, Health & Wellbeing - The Independent - 0 views

  • likely to arrive in Britain,
  • likely to arrive in Britain
  • The Chief Medical Officer
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  • said four years ago that a flu epidemic was a "biological inevitability"
  • sufferers will be asked to remain at home
  • discuss raising the threat level
  • no cases have been confirmed outside North and Central America
  • rapid developments around the world
  • A friend or other person will collect stocks of anti-viral drugs
  • delivery to the sufferer's home
  • The NHS has stockpiled
  • Tamiflu – enough to cover half the British population
  • in the US, no one had died and sufferers were experiencing mild symptoms
  • very contagious
  • We could see 15 to 20 per cent of the [UK] population affected
  • The WHO rates Britain as one of the two countries best prepared for an outbreak
Graham Perrin

HPA - Swine Influenza Advice for the Public - 0 views

  • monitor your health closely for seven days after your visit
  • If during this period you develop a feverish illness
  • accompanied by one or more of cough, sore throat, headache and muscle aches
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  • tell those from whom you are seeking advice about your recent travel to an area affected
  • standard respiratory and hand hygiene
  • avoid contact with other people
  • cover your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing, using a tissue when possible
  • promptly and carefully
  • washing hands frequently with soap and water
  • good basic hygiene
  • Clean hard surfaces
  • normal cleaning product
  • Make sure your children follow this advice
  • similar to the symptoms of regular human seasonal influenza
  • include fever, fatigue, lack of appetite, coughing and sore throat
  • can be treated with the antivirals oseltamavir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza)
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