AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2009
Qld: State on alert for deadly swine virus
Australian tourists who've recently returned from swine flu areas are being urged to
contact their GP or local emergency department .. if they develop flu symptoms.
Two Queensland women who'd become ill after returning from Mexico and the US have now
been cleared of the deadly virus.
Hospitals .. doctors .. ambulance workers and private laboratories are on alert for
potential cases of the new influenza strain .. believed to have killed more than 80 people
in Mexico.
Queensland Health chief health officer JEANNETTE YOUNG says anyone who's been in Mexico
or the USA recently and becomes ill within seven days of leaving should get medical advice.
Dr YOUNG says symptoms include cough .. fever and fatigue but in more serious cases
there have been symptoms of pneumonia.
AAP RTV peb/pjo/tm
KEYWORD: FLU QLD (BRISBANE)
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