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10/06/2009
Tourist Treated For Swine Flu In Roscommon
A US tourist who is suspected of having swine flu is being treated in isolation in Roscommon County Hospital.
He had been visiting the area and was admitted to hospital on Saturday. He has been given the drug Tamiflu. So far, no one he had been in contact with is ill.
The news comes as Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organisation, said she would be consulting with governments on Wednesday.
Ms Chan said if she had "indisputable evidence", she would make a formal announcement about the level of the outbreak, possibly elevating it to pandemic.
A further 41 people were diagnosed with swine flu in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 707, which includes 435 confirmed cases in England, 264 in Scotland, six in Northern Ireland and two in Wales.
So far there have been 26,563 confirmed cases throughout the world, leading to 163 deaths. The US has suffered the highest rate of infections with 14,379 reported cases, and 46 deaths directly attributed to the disease.
Ireland has so far 11 confirmed cases, with no deaths.
(DW/JM)
He had been visiting the area and was admitted to hospital on Saturday. He has been given the drug Tamiflu. So far, no one he had been in contact with is ill.
The news comes as Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organisation, said she would be consulting with governments on Wednesday.
Ms Chan said if she had "indisputable evidence", she would make a formal announcement about the level of the outbreak, possibly elevating it to pandemic.
A further 41 people were diagnosed with swine flu in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 707, which includes 435 confirmed cases in England, 264 in Scotland, six in Northern Ireland and two in Wales.
So far there have been 26,563 confirmed cases throughout the world, leading to 163 deaths. The US has suffered the highest rate of infections with 14,379 reported cases, and 46 deaths directly attributed to the disease.
Ireland has so far 11 confirmed cases, with no deaths.
(DW/JM)
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