Swine Flu Outbreak

The Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing Government has established a new national hotline for Australians to access health information about the outbreak: 1 802 007.

Border surveillance measures at airports have also been strengthened in response to the potential spread of this new strain of influenza virus.

In addition, the Government will be updating travel advice and this can be accessed through http://www.smarttraveller.gov.au.

The Department of Health and Ageing website will be updated regularly to reflect any significant developments, as will it’s Health Alerts website.

HealthInsite has an Influenza topic page that has links to different types of influenza and available vaccines, and a Health Warning topic page that provides links to information about disease outbreaks.

Source: HealthInsite