Flu kills Aussie nursing home residents

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Flu kills Aussie nursing home residents*

November 16, 2006 07:41pm
Article from: AAP

AUSTRALIA - A SIXTH person has died from a powerful strain of influenza
that has struck a Canberra nursing home.

Australian Capital Territory Health Minister Katy Gallagher confirmed
today that a 90-year-old male resident of the home died last night.

Patients and staff at the Jindalee Nursing Home were today being offered
anti-viral therapies, including the drug Tamiflu.

Ms Gallagher said that so far there had been 56 notified cases of the
respiratory illness at Jindalee, including seven staff.

Ms Gallagher said she was confident that the Health Protection Service
was doing all that is could to manage the situation.