Arrowe Park hospital swine flu cases under control

Jun 24 2009 by Carrie Catterall, Birkenhead News

A spokesman said: “No further action is necessary in their workplace.”

Even though there has been panic over the swine flu pandemic, some scientists believe it is similar to normal flu, but is just out of season.

Professor Malcolm Bennett, Director of the National Centre for Zoonosis Research at Liverpool University, said: “Swine flu does not appear to cause a disease any worse than that caused by the human strains of influenza, and so most people, if they become infected, will be no more ill than they would be with normal flu.”

There were eight new cases of the disease reported in the North West over the weekend and no new confirmed cases on Monday or Tuesday.

There are now 43 confirmed cases in the region, which is relatively low compared with other parts of England such as the West Midlands which has 1095.

Professor Bennett added: “At the University of Liverpool, we are investigating contact patterns between people and how this might influence the spread of diseases such as influenza.”