Waikato swine flu update

Waikato District Health Board is currently investigating three possible cases of swine flu (Influenza A H1N1).

Notification of two of these possible cases came through yesterday.

To date, testing of all Waikato's possible swine flu cases has come back negative.

Those currently being investigated have been tested, and placed in isolation until have had three days of a five day course of tamiflu, or seven days from onset of symptoms.

Anyone with an influenza-like illness, who developed symptoms within seven days of travel to North America or Mexico, should call their general practitioner or the medical officers of health immediately.

Waikato Public Health Unit contacts:

On-call health protection officer (021 999 521)
On-call medical officer of health (021 359 650).

For more information, please visit www.moh.govt.nz

ENDS

Date: 6 May 2009

For more information contact:

Amy Thomsen
Communications consultant
Media and Communications
Waikato District Health Board

021 712 663
(07) 839 8899 ext. 23133
ThomsenA@waikatodhb.govt.nz