Swine flu returns?
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 4:20 amThe swine flu virus has claimed the lives of ten adults in the UK in the past six weeks. UK Health chiefs have urged people to take up the flu vaccine after it emerged that the swine flu virus which swept the country last year has claimed the lives of ten adults. A spokeswoman for the HPA has said that the deaths were in younger adults under 65 and that most had underlying conditions but 'a small proportion' were healthy before contracting the virus. Professor John Watson, head of respiratory diseases department at the HPA, said: 'Over the last few weeks we have seen a rise in the number of cases of seasonal flu, including both H1N1 (2009) and flu B, in the community.
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