Swine Flu Claims Second Irish Republic Victim
Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) has revealed that the second fatality from Influenza A H1N1 virus in the Republic of Ireland did not suffer from any underlying health problems. The 55 year old male was being treated in a Dublin hospital intensive care unit for a number of days prior to eventually succumbing to the virus on Monday. This Swine Flu fatality was unlike the Republic’s first 18 year old female victim who had been suffering from cystic fibrosis prior to contracting pandemic H1N1 flu.
The HSE’s head of health protection, Dr Kevin Kelleher, explained in today’s Irish Times that whilst 90% of people who contracted the disease would recover without hospitalisation, Swine Flu would claim the lives of a small number of cases who had no underlying health problems. To date, 50 H1N1 flu cases had been admitted to Irish hospitals and current contraction rates for the virus stood at approx. 1,400/wk.
The HSE has also urged schools to open as normal for the new school term in two weeks time. The Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) are due to meet today to discuss the current status of Ireland’s Swine Flu levels and its possible impact on the forth coming school term.
Topics on the INTO’s agenda for today’s meeting with Irish school bodies and the Department of Education include ; provision of practical Swine Flu advice for both children and teachers with underlying health conditions, specific guidelines for pregnant teachers as well as prioritising teachers as frontline staff in any future Irish governmental vaccination program.
Meanwhile, the World Health has called for extra vigilance against the H1N1 virus right across the Northern hemisphere as the winter months approach.
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