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Mon 08 Aug 2009Plan is still to treat swine flu in the home

PLANS FOR GPs to treat people with human swine flu in the patients’ homes will continue to be implemented despite the first death in Ireland from the virus.

Some 30 people are being treated in hospital for the human swine flu virus, the HSE confirmed, but it reiterated that the vast majority can still be treated at home without even calling a doctor.