HSE urges people to get vaccinated as at least 2 die after contracting H1N1 flu virus
The virus is also known as Swine Flu, and can be particularly harmful to young people and pregnant women.
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The virus is also known as Swine Flu, and can be particularly harmful to young people and pregnant women.
This follows the death of a child in Dublin last week.
The health executive has offered its condolences to the family of the child who died yesterday from the flu strain.
The HSE confirmed the death this evening.
The HSE has said that H1N1 is now considered a “seasonal flu virus”.
One ward has been closed off at the facility as doctors await the results of tests on seven patients with flu-like symptoms.
The child, who became ill at the weekend, has been transferred to a hospital in Glasgow.
Health officials have stressed that the risk to the population is extremely low.
A man also passed away from the H1N1 influenza strain in Jordan over the weekend.
Over 749 people hospitalised with flu this season and 6 more flu-related deaths last week, according to the latest HSE figures.
Of the 21 people to die from the H1N1 virus since November, 18 are confirmed to have had underlying health problems.
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The HSE is stocking up on flu vaccines to tackle the virus which accounted for 98% of last year’s flu cases.