10 suspected swine flu cases in NSW Australia

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10 suspected swine flu cases in NSW

April 28, 2009 02:04pm

NEW South Wales Health says the number of people being tested for suspected

swine flu in the state has risen to 10.

Four Sydney residents and one person from the Central Coast were on Monday being

tested for suspected swine flu, but two of those people have now been cleared.

However, more suspected cases of swine flu have since emerged to bring the

current total to 10 across the state, NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant said.

" These people would have been to Mexico, the US or Canada and obviously we are

monitoring their situations closely, " she said.

Dr Chant said the test results for those 10 people should be available within 24

hours. She said like other states, NSW had activated its pandemic plan, and the

10 people with suspected swine flu were being given Tamiflu and had been urged

to remain at home.

Three of the suspected cases are in the northern Sydney/Central Coast area, with

three others in Sydney's west, two in the Hunter and New England region and one

each in the state's south and west.

Premier Rees said it was important to stress there were no confirmed

cases of swine influenza in NSW.

Swine flu is thought to have claimed the lives of 149 people in Mexico.