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Fri 07 Jul 2009Efforts to contain spread of swine flu are to cease
EFFORTS TO contain the spread of swine flu in the Republic will cease in a week’s time in the light of the growing numbers of cases of the virus here, it was announced yesterday.
The move, which mirrors the change in strategy adopted in Northern Ireland earlier this week and in the UK last week, will mean those who have been in contact with confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1) will no longer be traced and offered precautionary antiviral treatment.
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