"Nurses, Patients Hit by Deadly Flu Virus; Outbreak Prompts Alert"
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"Nurses, Patients Hit by Deadly Flu Virus;
Outbreak Prompts Alert" Advertiser (AU) (www.theadvertiser.news.com.au)
(06/18/02) P. 1; James, Colin
South Australians are being alerted to guard
against getting the potentially deadly Moscow flu strain that has infected over
100 patients and staff at an Adelaide nursing home. Dr. Robert Hall, the
Communicable Disease Control Branch director, noted that this flu outbreak is
the largest single one his unit has ever investigated and serves as a warning to
elderly citizens and vulnerable people in the community at large, particularly
those with chronic medical conditions. In the meantime, the State Government
reports that it has enough free vaccine doses on hand to cover all residents who
are thought to be particularly at risk, such as those over age 65. The World
Health Organization is helping to investigate the outbreak.
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