47 police staff hit by swine flu.ALMOST 50 cops and civilian staff at Scotland's biggest police force have had 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. in the last six months. Strathclyde have arranged for more than 1000 workers to be vaccinated in a bid to contain the spread. The force are making contingencies Contingencies (ISSN 1048-9851) is the bimonthly magazine of the American Academy of Actuaries, providing a large and diverse readership with general interest and technical articles on a wide range of issues related to the actuarial profession. for further outbreaks over the next six months but insist no one has been seriously ill A patient is seriously ill when his or her illness is of such severity that there is cause for immediate concern but there is no imminent danger to life. See also very seriously ill. . The shock information was revealed in a Strathclyde Police Strathclyde Police is the police force for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire. Authority report last week. It said: "From April 1 to September 30, 47 staff have fallen victim to the H1N1 virus." A new wave of swine flu appears to have hit Scotland after the number of people admitted to hospital with the virus increased by more than 60 per cent. About 19,200 people contracted the illness north of the Border last week. Twenty-five people have died from the virus in Scotland since the current outbreak began. |
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