Dr Joe Clarke, Summerhill Medical Centre, Co Meath, prepares to administer the swine flu vaccine to Kim Prendergast and her son Harry as the HSE starts the first phase of its swine flu vaccination campaign on November 2nd. Photograph: Barry Cronin

Symptoms

• Sudden Onset of Symptoms
• High Fever - Temperature over 38°C/100.4°F
• Prominent Headache
• Aches and pains - often severe
• Fatigue, weakness can be prolonged for a number of weeks
• Extreme exhaustion - early and prominent
• Runny nose, sneezing, sore throat - common
• Cough - common, can be severe
• Vomiting/diarrhoea - sometimes

• Swine flu pandemic has peaked, says HSERATES OF swine flu infection in the population have continued to decline over the past week and the current wave of the pandemic in the Republic has probably peaked, health officials confirmed yesterday.
• Deaths of pregnant woman and girl bring flu toll to 16TWO MORE people – a pregnant woman and a child – have died from swine flu in the State. The deaths occurred in the east of the country, the Department of Health said yesterday.
• Italian's divine innovation exorcises fears of swine fluROME – An Italian inventor has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive without fear of contracting swine flu – an electronic holy water dispenser.
• 250,000 people have had swine flu vaccineABOUT 250,000 people have received the swine flu vaccine so far, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed. Some 30,000 people have been vaccinated at HSE-run clinics and more than 200,000 doses of the vaccine have been given by about 2,000 GPs since the vaccination programme began 10 days ago.