Influenza causes seven deaths in ACT nursing home
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by DPS
A sixth person has died from a powerful strain of influenza that has
struck a Canberra nursing home.
ACT Health Minister, Katie Gallagher, said that so far there had been 56 notified cases of the respiratory illness at the Jindalee Nursing Home, including seven staff.
Patients and staff are being offered anti-viral therapies, including the drug Tamiflu.