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| Four more swine flu cases in UK | Four more swine flu cases in UK |
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| Tests have confirmed four more cases of swine flu in England, taking the total number of UK patients affected to 32, the Health Protection Agency has said. | Tests have confirmed four more cases of swine flu in England, taking the total number of UK patients affected to 32, the Health Protection Agency has said. |
| The new cases - all associated with travel to Mexico - are adults from the north-west, east, West Midlands and East midlands regions of England. | The new cases - all associated with travel to Mexico - are adults from the north-west, east, West Midlands and East midlands regions of England. |
| A further 390 suspected cases of the H1N1 virus remain under investigation. | A further 390 suspected cases of the H1N1 virus remain under investigation. |
| Across the globe there have been more than 1,500 confirmed cases of the strain, which has killed 31 people. | Across the globe there have been more than 1,500 confirmed cases of the strain, which has killed 31 people. |
| "The Health Protection Agency is working to ensure that any close contacts of these cases are offered antivirals as a precautionary measure," the body said on its website. | "The Health Protection Agency is working to ensure that any close contacts of these cases are offered antivirals as a precautionary measure," the body said on its website. |
| Earlier, Berkshire East Primary Care Trust (PCT) said it was searching for people who had been on a flight from Mexico with a man who had tested positive for the virus. | Earlier, Berkshire East Primary Care Trust (PCT) said it was searching for people who had been on a flight from Mexico with a man who had tested positive for the virus. |
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| The man in his 20s, from the Slough area, developed symptoms of the virus during the flight, which landed in the UK on 30 April. | The man in his 20s, from the Slough area, developed symptoms of the virus during the flight, which landed in the UK on 30 April. |
| The trust said it was looking across Britain in a bid to contact all the man's fellow passengers but that there were no further suspected cases in Berkshire. | The trust said it was looking across Britain in a bid to contact all the man's fellow passengers but that there were no further suspected cases in Berkshire. |
| A Department of Health spokeswoman said that of the UK cases, 28 were in England and four in Scotland. | |
| "It is right that we are preparing for the possibility of a global pandemic," she said. | |
| "The UK's arrangements are continuing to ensure that we are well-placed to deal with this new infection." | |
| Earlier this week, the government began distributing leaflets to every home in the UK that stress the importance of good hygiene to avoid spreading the disease. | |
| Five schools have been closed, three in London, one in Devon and one in south Gloucestershire, after pupils fell ill. |