Swine Flu Media Bulletin Issued At: 11am Monday 22 June 2009, Wales

– 5 confirmed cases in Wales including two new cases: – A 28 year old male from Powys. He has been offered antivirals and is recovering. The NPHS has identified six close contacts who are all are well and have been offered antiviral medicine. The NPHS is investigating the source of the infection. – A three year old boy from Ceredigion. He has been offered antivirals and is recovering. The NPHS has traced 14 close contacts, including children who attended Cylch Meithrin, Cei Newydd. All are well and have been offered antiviral medicine. The infection is linked to a confirmed case of swine flu from Birmingham.

– 0 probable cases in Wales.

– 148 people have been under investigation in Wales. Of these, swine flu has been confirmed in five cases (see above) and ruled out in 133 cases, leaving 10 still under investigation. All of these are displaying, or have displayed, mild symptoms.

– Of the 10 people under investigation, seven were well when first identified, but reported recent flu-like symptoms following travel to affected areas. Blood tests are being undertaken on these individuals to see if they had the flu and to help the NPHS understand the pattern of the disease from the past. Their symptoms may or may not have been due to swine flu. Testing will be conducted in a number of weeks to check whether these people did have swine flu – scientifically it won’t work before that. Investigations have shown that people they had close contact with did not catch flu from them when they were ill.

– No further details will be confirmed or denied about cases in order to protect their right to confidentiality.

– There are now 2,508 laboratory confirmed cases in the UK – five cases in Wales, 566 cases in Scotland, 1,923 cases in England and 14 in Northern Ireland.

– One person with swine flu in the UK – a case in Scotland – has died. The patient had underlying health conditions.

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