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| School outbreak raises flu total | School outbreak raises flu total |
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| Forty-four new cases of swine flu have been diagnosed at a Birmingham primary school, taking the UK total to 184, health chiefs have said. | |
| The Health Protection Agency said the new cases at Welford School involved 41 children and three adults - all linked to a continuing outbreak. | |
| Three further patients in London and the east of England have also been confirmed with the virus. | |
| All were either returning travellers or linked to previous cases. | |
| Welford School, in Handsworth, now has a total of 50 confirmed cases of the virus - 45 children and five adults. | |
| Earlier, it was announced a two-year-old boy from Oxford was among four cases confirmed on Tuesday morning. | Earlier, it was announced a two-year-old boy from Oxford was among four cases confirmed on Tuesday morning. |
| The boy, was a "close household contact" of a 29-year-old woman already diagnosed with the virus, Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust said. | The boy, was a "close household contact" of a 29-year-old woman already diagnosed with the virus, Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust said. |
| 'Not complacent' | 'Not complacent' |
| A Department of Health spokesman said: "The localised cases of swine flu found in the UK have so far been mild, and our strategy of containing the spread with anti-virals appears to have been effective in reducing symptoms and preventing further spread of infection. | A Department of Health spokesman said: "The localised cases of swine flu found in the UK have so far been mild, and our strategy of containing the spread with anti-virals appears to have been effective in reducing symptoms and preventing further spread of infection. |
| "But we must not be complacent - it is right to prepare for the possibility of a global pandemic. | "But we must not be complacent - it is right to prepare for the possibility of a global pandemic. |
| "The UK's arrangements are continuing to ensure that we are well-placed to deal with this new infection." | "The UK's arrangements are continuing to ensure that we are well-placed to deal with this new infection." |