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Human Swine Flu Update - 5.15 pm, 4 June

* Media please note: The Human Swine Influenza page on the Department of Health and Families website http://www.health.nt.gov.au now carries a table on Swine Flu in the Northern Territory. These figures are being updated regularly.

A positive test result for Human Swine Influenza (H1N1 Influenza 09) has been returned from a Top End resident who experienced flu-like symptoms after returning from a visit to Queensland last weekend.

The woman is in home isolation and contacts are being traced. This is the NT's third confirmed H1N1 case.

Pathology testing is still being conducted on suspect H1N1 cases from Central Australia.

Media contacts: Darrel Trueman, 0401 116 203; Cameron Jackson, 0401 116 144

 

Release date: Thursday, 4 June 2009, 5.15 pm