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| Three in England have swine flu | Three in England have swine flu |
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| A 12-year-old girl from Devon is among three people from England who have contracted swine flu after visiting Mexico, Gordon Brown has confirmed. | A 12-year-old girl from Devon is among three people from England who have contracted swine flu after visiting Mexico, Gordon Brown has confirmed. |
| Two adults - a 41-year-old woman from Worcestershire and a person from London - are also undergoing treatment, as are the two confirmed cases in Scotland. | |
| The girl travelled on the same flight from Mexico as the pair from Scotland, Health Secretary Alan Johnson revealed. | |
| Mr Brown said all those with the virus were responding well to treatment. | Mr Brown said all those with the virus were responding well to treatment. |
| The girl's school, Paignton Community College, in Torbay, which has about 2,000 pupils, has been shut and pupils offered anti-viral drugs. | |
| ...we just want to give the reassuring message that the child is doing well Health Secretary Alan Johnson | ...we just want to give the reassuring message that the child is doing well Health Secretary Alan Johnson |
| Mr Johnson said he wanted to reassure people in the Torbay area that measures were in place to control the infection. | |
| "The whole of the school year, 230 children, are being given anti-virals prophylactically," he said. | "The whole of the school year, 230 children, are being given anti-virals prophylactically," he said. |
| "Secondly, the head teacher has decided to close the school for seven days. | "Secondly, the head teacher has decided to close the school for seven days. |
| "Our message to Torbay is - people will be extremely worried... and we just want to give the reassuring message that the child is doing well, that there is reassurance that if you take Tamiflu anti-virals early, you make a full recovery." | "Our message to Torbay is - people will be extremely worried... and we just want to give the reassuring message that the child is doing well, that there is reassurance that if you take Tamiflu anti-virals early, you make a full recovery." |
| Mr Johnson said the 12-year-old had been on the same flight from Mexico as Dawn and Iain Askham, the pair from Polmont, near Falkirk, Scotland, who were the UK's first confirmed cases. | Mr Johnson said the 12-year-old had been on the same flight from Mexico as Dawn and Iain Askham, the pair from Polmont, near Falkirk, Scotland, who were the UK's first confirmed cases. |
| 'Acting cautiously' | 'Acting cautiously' |
| Staff are referring all inquiries to the local health authority, Torbay Care Trust. | Staff are referring all inquiries to the local health authority, Torbay Care Trust. |
| Professor Antony Kessel, director of public health for the Health Protection Agency, said health staff were acting cautiously in the case of the Torbay girl. | Professor Antony Kessel, director of public health for the Health Protection Agency, said health staff were acting cautiously in the case of the Torbay girl. |
| A fellow pupil of a girl in Devon confirmed with swine flu speaks of her shock | |
| "Our local staff decided that, as well as treatment for this girl, the school year should be given some prophylaxis and also that the school be closed for a period. | "Our local staff decided that, as well as treatment for this girl, the school year should be given some prophylaxis and also that the school be closed for a period. |
| "I think it's very important that [those in] close contact and those other children in the school, they understand they don't need to isolate themselves at the moment but only if they develop symptoms." | "I think it's very important that [those in] close contact and those other children in the school, they understand they don't need to isolate themselves at the moment but only if they develop symptoms." |
| The woman confirmed with swine flu, believed to be from the Redditch area, did not go to hospital and is being treated with anti-viral drugs at home, the BBC understands. | |
| Dr Derrick Ward, of West Midlands Health Protection Agency, said: "This is a real development, we were expecting this [swine flu] to come up in England and sadly we were proved correct. | Dr Derrick Ward, of West Midlands Health Protection Agency, said: "This is a real development, we were expecting this [swine flu] to come up in England and sadly we were proved correct. |
| "We aren't sure yet how widespread this is going to be." | "We aren't sure yet how widespread this is going to be." |