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Testing has confirmed 14 residents of the Northview Aged Care facility contracted influenza A.
Seven people from the nursing home have been hospitalised in the past couple of weeks, and the tests also confirmed the virus caused the death of two residents.
Dr Donohue says the outbreak happened before the seasonal flu vaccine was available.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-28/two-die-in-qld-nursing-home-flu-outbreak/4598788
Queensland Health is monitoring an outbreak of
influenza A in a nursing home at Mackay in the state's north, after the
death of two residents.
Seven people from the nursing home have been hospitalised in the past couple of weeks, and the tests also confirmed the virus caused the death of two residents.
Dr Donohue says the outbreak happened before the seasonal flu vaccine was available.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-28/two-die-in-qld-nursing-home-flu-outbreak/4598788
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