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| Four cases of suspected swine flu | Four cases of suspected swine flu |
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| There are four more suspected cases of swine flu in Worcestershire, the Health Protection Agency in the county says. | |
| A 41-year-old woman from Redditch contracted the disease after visiting Mexico, Prime Minister Gordon Brown confirmed on Wednesday. | A 41-year-old woman from Redditch contracted the disease after visiting Mexico, Prime Minister Gordon Brown confirmed on Wednesday. |
| The West Midlands Health Protection Agency said the confirmed case in Redditch was only "a mild case". | |
| It said she was responding well to treatment at home and there was "no need" for other people to worry. | |
| Raised alert | Raised alert |
| Five people the woman had been in contact with - including family members - have been given anti-viral drugs. | Five people the woman had been in contact with - including family members - have been given anti-viral drugs. |
| Five people in the UK, including a girl of 12, are known to have the virus, but all are responding well to treatment. | Five people in the UK, including a girl of 12, are known to have the virus, but all are responding well to treatment. |
| An advertising campaign promoting good hygiene to help combat the threat of swine flu has been launched in the UK. | An advertising campaign promoting good hygiene to help combat the threat of swine flu has been launched in the UK. |
| The Department of Health's Catch it, Bin it, Kill it! adverts urge people to cover coughs and sneezes with tissues, throw them away and wash their hands. | The Department of Health's Catch it, Bin it, Kill it! adverts urge people to cover coughs and sneezes with tissues, throw them away and wash their hands. |
| 'Cleaning regime' | |
| The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its alert to level five - one short of a full-blown pandemic. | The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its alert to level five - one short of a full-blown pandemic. |
| Dr David Kirrage, director of the Health Protection Agency for Worcestershire, has issued advice to residents in the area. | |
| He said: "(We should do) things like hand washing, making sure that we use handkerchiefs or tissues and dispose of those tissues if we are sneezing. | |
| "(Also we should be) cleaning work surfaces, not obsessively, but making sure that particularly (on) those work surfaces which might be used by a large number of people we keep up the normal cleaning regime." | |
| Dr Richard Harling, director of public health for Worcestershire, has said: "Symptoms of infection include fever, cough, runny nose, limb or joint pain and headache. | |
| "People who develop symptoms and who have returned from Mexico or the US within the last seven days should stay at home and contact NHS Direct on 0845 4647. | "People who develop symptoms and who have returned from Mexico or the US within the last seven days should stay at home and contact NHS Direct on 0845 4647. |
| "We will then make arrangements to come and assess them and provide treatment if necessary. They are asked not to go to their GP and not to go to hospital." | "We will then make arrangements to come and assess them and provide treatment if necessary. They are asked not to go to their GP and not to go to hospital." |