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Influenza A (H1N1) update
01/07/2009
Scotland has 57 new laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1), taking the total number of confirmed cases to 1,217.
The latest cases are in: Greater Glasgow and Clyde (43), Lanarkshire (8), Forth Valley (3), Grampian (1), Tayside (1) and Lothian (1).
Of the latest cases, only two are travel related with 55 having no connection to travel.
There are currently six people in hospital with H1N1 receiving treatment.
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said:
"Our message on simple hand and respiratory hygiene measures, backed by the 'catch it, bin it, kill it' message, is still very important in helping limit the spread of the outbreak.
"These basic safeguards have helped slow the spread but we are very aware that as outbreak develops through community transmission we will eventually need to move the focus to a flexible model of treatment based on the way the outbreak develops in individual local areas.
"We continue to closely monitor the patterns of spread and development and we are well prepared to cope should the circumstances demand it as we progress closer to the availability of a vaccine."