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Healthy schoolchildren may be inoculated against swine flu

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on Thursday, 5 November 2009
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Department of Health examines whether or not to broaden vaccination programme as figures show small rise in new casesThe Department of Health today revealed that all healthy schoolchildren could be inoculated against swine flu.The news came as the department issued fresh guidance on how to help pregnant women who become infected with the virus.Cases of swine flu appear to have increased only marginally in the last week, according to official estimates, but unseasonably warm weather and the half-term break could have impeded its spread.There were an estimated 84,000 new cases of swine flu during the last week, up 6,000 from the week before.The latest figures reveal that 154 people have died from the H1N1 virus - 105 in England, eight in Wales, 31 in Scotland and 10 in Northern Ireland.Seventeen people died in the UK last week, while the number of patients in critical care due to swine flu has increased.The number of critically ill patients in hospital continues to rise, adding to the pressure on intensive care beds.There are 172 people in critical care, and 848 are currently receiving hospital treatment for the condition.Speaking via satellite from Washington, where he is attending a medical conference, the chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, confirmed that the government's joint committee on vaccination and immunisation was examining whether to extend the planned vaccination programme.Healthy children are not included in the priority groups who will be inoculated in the first round of vaccinations."We would hope to take a decision on this in the next few weeks," Donaldson said.
"We are looking very hard at what might be the next steps."We will have to work out whether any groups in the healthy population will have to be prioritised."New advice for doctors about how to recognise serious symptoms in pregnant women is also being released.
The guidelines suggest that those whose heart rates rise rapidly when first infected could be at serious risk from swine flu.

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