More vaccine and swine flu cases
Tuesday 11th January 2011, 2:29PM GMT.
Nurse Chris Brassell holding one of the doses of flu vaccine which arrived yesterday. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 1076749)
TWO more cases of swine flu have been confirmed as more doses of flu vaccine arrived on the island yesterday.
About 2,000 doses of the triple vaccine, which protects against several strains of flu including swine flu, became available to the over 60s in the afternoon after supplies had been running low.
Health and Social Services said the number of people attending GP surgeries with flu-like illnesses had more than doubled over the festive period.
Samples of swabs taken from patients proved positive for swine flu in four instances.
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