2 suspected cases in city firm off sick.Byline: JILLY BEATTIE Beattie is a surname, and may refer to:
A LEADING insurance firm in Belfast Belfast (bĕlfăst`), Gaelic Béal Feirste, city (1991 pop. 297,000), capital of Northern Ireland, Belfast dist. It is on Belfast Lough, an inlet of the North Channel of the Irish Sea, and at the mouth of the Lagan River. has two suspected swine flu swine flu n. A highly contagious form of human influenza caused by a filterable virus identical or related to a virus formerly isolated from infected swine. victims on the staff, the Daily Mirror can reveal. The company which deals primarily with car insurance, signed two employees off on sick leave on Monday. The managing director, who asked not to be named, said: "One failed to come into the office and an other went home feeling unwell. "They have seen a doctor and will have tests taken and if it proves to be swine flu we will be taking appropriate measures to ensure the safety of all of our colleagues. "It's not unusual for a company of our size to have two people off work at any one time but we're taking all precautions." Meanwhile, medical staff in all of Northern Ireland's hospitals are being supplied with swine-flu masks to help them breathe while treating all patients, while not running the risk of passing on the virus. |
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