-Caveat Lector- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 19:01:04 -0600 From: Snoopy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ParanoidTimes] Virus Spreads Across Britain
Virus Spreads Across Britain The Associated Press Published: Jan 23, 2002 LONDON (AP) - A flu-like virus that led a Scottish hospital to shut down its admissions has spread to hospitals throughout Britain, health officials said Wednesday. Glasgow's Victoria Infirmary was forced to close Saturday to all but emergency admissions following the rapid spread of the virus. Although rarely life-threatening, the bug has unpleasant symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea and fever for one to two days. In total, 295 staff and patients had been affected, the hospital said Wednesday. Health officials said 15 hospitals across Scotland had now been hit by the virus. Hospitals in Manchester in northern England and in the counties of Hertfordshire, Sussex, Dorset and Cornwall in southern England had also reported cases. Officials at Morriston Hospital in Swansea, south Wales said that more than 20 staff and patients on a ward had been struck by the virus. Health chiefs closed the ward to new admissions until the outbreak clears, a spokesman said. Simon Gregor, spokesman for the Public Health Laboratory Service which monitors infectious disease outbreaks, said the virus was present all year round, but said the current levels were higher than normal. The Department of Health estimates that the bug affects up to 1 percent of the British population every year. Health Secretary Alan Milburn said the Department of Health was "keeping a close eye" on the spread of the virus. Referred to as the "winter vomiting bug," the virus' more official title is the Norwalk-like virus, after the town in Ohio, in the United States, where it was identified. The virus is airborne and can pass from person to person with ease. It is often found in hospitals and schools. http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAGBITOTWC.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/zgSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ============================================== IF YOU'RE NOT PARANOID, THEN YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION! ============================================== To Post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParanoidTimes Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================== NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ================================================== Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
