Incoming UK passengers screened for Swine Flu

Passengers arriving at UK airports and other ports are now being screened for Swine Flu, if suspected of having the virus. The NHS has been swamped by Swine Flu Cases, and 160 countries worldwide have now been affected.

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Britain´s Port authorities have started screening incoming passengers for the first time, as the NHS intensive care services have been swamped with a huge rise in swine flu cases.
Demand for critical care beds is expected to outstrip the numbers available by 130%, particularly in units designed to treat children.Over 160 British citizens have been held in quarantine in China, Singapore, India and Egypt after swine flu fears. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have also said it is likely that others will be held in quarantine over suspicions that they have the H1N1 virus.

Breaking news about swine flu includes:

• Health workers and immigration officials at UK airports and other port authorities have been instructed to be on the look-out for passengers with flu symptoms which could be swine flu infection.

• A 26-year old pregnant woman from Scotland was “gravely ill” after suffering a severe infection, and is now in Sweden receiving specialist blood treatment.

• Sainsbury´s have opted-out of distributing antiviral medication as part of the national service in its stores, after fears that swine-flu sufferers would spread the disease in the shops.

• The Swine Flu Hotline and an advertising campaign has just begun and will advertise the National Pandemic Flu Service. The campaign has cost £2.5 million to set up.

• Last week the number of flu infections doubled in Britain with an estimated 100,000 people falling victim to Swine Flu.

• Hospitals on the South East coast, the South West, East of England and East Midlands are likely to become “quickly exhausted” if cases continue to rise throughout winter as expected.

• The World Health Organisation announced that people in 160 countries are now affected by Swine Flu, and has predicted that there are likely to be 2 billion cases globally during the pandemic.

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