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| UK swine flu 'is being contained' | UK swine flu 'is being contained' |
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| Swine flu in the UK is being confined, contained and treated effectively, Health Secretary Alan Johnson has said. | |
| Mr Johnson told the BBC's Andrew Marr show: "The message at the moment is have a good bank holiday weekend - relax, keep calm and carry on." | Mr Johnson told the BBC's Andrew Marr show: "The message at the moment is have a good bank holiday weekend - relax, keep calm and carry on." |
| The advice follows news that the number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the UK has risen to 15. | The advice follows news that the number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the UK has risen to 15. |
| The increase, from 13, comes as health chiefs await the results of more than 600 tests for the disease. | The increase, from 13, comes as health chiefs await the results of more than 600 tests for the disease. |
| Mr Johnson told the BBC: "So far - because we've managed to get to people to isolate it, we've got the stock of anti-virals for them and their families and the people they have met - I think it's contained. | |
| 'Second phase' | 'Second phase' |
| "There will be more cases, there are 15 confirmed at the moment, that will go up, there's absolutely no doubt of that, but at the moment all the evidence is we can confine it, contain it and treat it effectively. | |
| "It's the advice that comes from the Second World War once again - 'catch it, bin it, kill it' - it's good personal hygiene." | |
| Mr Johnson said that although the virus was being dealt with effectively, it had not been fully understood. | |
| "This is a new virus, it's never been seen before. People talk about Sars and bird flu, and that was never the subject of a WHO alert, and we are now at stage five of an alert. | "This is a new virus, it's never been seen before. People talk about Sars and bird flu, and that was never the subject of a WHO alert, and we are now at stage five of an alert. |
| We have to not just deal with this outbreak now but prepare perhaps for a second phase Alan Johnson, health secretary | We have to not just deal with this outbreak now but prepare perhaps for a second phase Alan Johnson, health secretary |
| "Our evidence from all previous pandemics is you get two phases. So you get a first wave which is often very mild and then you get a much more serious wave that comes along in the autumn and the winter. | "Our evidence from all previous pandemics is you get two phases. So you get a first wave which is often very mild and then you get a much more serious wave that comes along in the autumn and the winter. |
| "So we have to not just deal with this outbreak now but prepare perhaps for a second phase further down the line." | "So we have to not just deal with this outbreak now but prepare perhaps for a second phase further down the line." |
| The two new cases confirmed in the UK on Saturday were both in England, involving an adult in Merseyside - the husband of a woman already diagnosed - and a six-year-old girl in Oxfordshire. | |
| The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said both new cases had visited Mexico. The Merseyside couple were being treated at home and were "quite well", they added. | The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said both new cases had visited Mexico. The Merseyside couple were being treated at home and were "quite well", they added. |
| 'Not sustained transmission' | |
| The HPA also said the girl had not exhibited symptoms while attending school, meaning school closure was not necessary. | The HPA also said the girl had not exhibited symptoms while attending school, meaning school closure was not necessary. |
| The increase in confirmed numbers came after news of the first two cases of Britons falling ill without having travelled to Mexico. | |
| Barry Greatorex, 43, from South Gloucestershire, had been in contact with a traveller to the country. | |
| And Graeme Pacitti of Falkirk was infected through contact with the first British people to develop the flu. | |
| But the Health Protection Agency said those two cases did "not yet represent sustained human-to-human transmission". | |
| "All patients had contact with individuals who had reported illness and travel history to Mexico." |