[He flew back on the 23rd, and did not feel sick until the 26th. He is in London. Lives in London]
May 02, 2009 01:45am
THE first Australian to be diagnosed with the deadly swine flu is under quarantine in London.
Fairfax reported that Mark Robertson, 23, a marketing manager from Coogee in Sydney's east, has spent the past five days behind closed doors in a second-floor flat in Islington in North London with two friends who are not infected but have also been quarantined as a precaution.
He's been told by doctors it could be six more days before he's allowed contact with anyone other than his housemates.
All three have been prescribed Tamiflu and both housemates - one from Australia, the other from Britain - will be tested for swine flu in the next few days.
The paper says Mr Robertson flew into Heathrow from Mexico City on April 23, one of hundreds aboard a full flight.
After four months' trekking through the jungles of Central and South America he spent two weeks "chilling on the beach" at Puerto Escondido on Mexico's west coast.
Mr Robertson arrived in London feeling fine but jet lagged. It was not until last Sunday night that he started feeling sick.
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