* 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.
Four new cases of human swine influenza (H1N1) have been confirmed in the Northern Territory:
- a young female adult who had travelled to the Alice Springs area from the USA
- a young male adult from Alice Springs. His case is unconnected to the above
- a young male adult diagnosed in Darwin who had returned from Melbourne
- a male adult diagnosed in Jabiru who had travelled to Japan
Contact and travel history is being sought for all cases.
This puts the Northern Territory's total number of confirmed cases at 11:
- 4 cases from Darwin
- 4 cases from Alice Springs
- 2 cases from the Tiwi Islands
- 1 case from Jabiru
Pathology testing is ongoing for suspect H1N1 cases in the Northern Territory.
Media contacts: Robin Osborne 0488 692 781, Darrel Trueman 0401 116 203
Release date: Thursday, 11 June 2009
