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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LP474121.htm UK crew member in hospital after Mexico flight
25 Apr 2009 21:55:53 GMT
Source: Reuters
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By Avril Ormsby
LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - A British Airways cabin crew member was
taken to a London hospital as a precaution after developing flu-like
symptoms on a flight from Mexico City, the airline said on Saturday.
It was the first such reported precautionary measure in Britain since
the emergence of a new flu strain that has killed up to 68 people in
Mexico. It has also infected at least 11 people in the United States.
The man has undergone tests, but the results are not expected back
until Sunday. No other crew members or passengers on the BA242 flight
into Heathrow airport were detained. "He has flu-like symptoms and is responding well to treatment," a hospital spokesman said in a statement.
"The patient was admitted directly to a side room and the hospital is
scrupulously following infection control procedures to ensure there is
no risk to any other individual in the hospital." A Health
Protection Agency (HPA) spokesman said in a statement: "We are aware of
a patient admitted to a London hospital with reported travel history to
Mexico. "As a precautionary measure the patient is being tested
for a range of respiratory and other illnesses in line with UK health
guidance. "At present there have been no confirmed cases of human swine flu in the UK or anywhere in Europe."
The new flu strain -- a mixture of swine, human and avian flu viruses
-- is still poorly understood and the situation is evolving quickly,
the World Health Organisation said. (Reporting by Avril Ormsby; Editing
by Ralph Boulton and Maggie Fox)
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