Cases of flu drop.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. figures continued to drop this week with just 379 suspected cases on Teesside - almost 200 less than last week's figure of 566. The number of people in hospital on Teesside with symptoms of the virus also dropped from nine to seven. A total of 218 people are being treated in hospital in England for swine flu, of which 31 are in intensive care. The number of deaths linked to swine flu in the UK now stands at 66. Martin Wilson, director of NHS NHS abbr. National Health Service NHS (in Britain) National Health Service flu resilience resilience (r  ·zilˑ·yens),n in the North-east said: "We are continuing to plan in detail with colleagues across the region to ensure we are fully prepared for any further influx of cases and are currently busy testing local resilience plans with all NHS North East organisations. |
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