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Scottish swine flu patient no longer critical

The condition of the 26-year-old pregnant Scottish woman being treated for swine flu in a special ward at Karolinska Hospital in Solna, north of the Swedish capital, has improved. Her condition is no longer considered life threatening, and has been downgraded to “serious”, according to the hospital press service.

Published: 8 August 2009 10:19 CEST

However, the condition of the 22-year-old Swedish swine flu patient who is being treated in the same ward remains critical.

At the same time, several hospital departments in Stockholm with newborns have implemented visiting restrictions due to the swine flu, reported SVT. To avoid spreading the disease, no outsiders are allowed to visit the neonatal or delivery wards at Karolinska University Hospital and Danderyd Hospital.

The 26-year-old Scottish woman was transported to Sweden for medical care at the end of July due to a lack of specialist beds in Britain. She needed treatment that involves pumping the patient’s blood through a machine that artificially adds oxygen.

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SWINE FLU

Denmark to rebuild border fence due to wild animal deaths

A fence erected by Denmark along its border with Germany as a measure against swine flu must now be partially rebuilt.

Published: 18 February 2020 13:50 CET
Denmark to rebuild border fence due to wild animal deaths
Wild boar crossing a street in Poland. File photo: Agencja Gazeta/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

A number of wild animals have become unintended casualties after becoming stuck on the fence. A new type of wire mesh will be installed to prevent future occurrences, Jyllands-Posten reports.

The section of fencing to be replaced is 2.5 kilometres long, the newspaper writes.

While the new fencing must continue to keep wild boar out of Denmark, it must also ensure that other animals such as deer do not stuck on the fence and netting, which can result in a slow and painful death.

The Danish Nature Agency (Naturstyrelsen) is responsible for the purchase of the new fencing. An initial 600 metres will initially be installed near the Frøslev Mose nature area, where the number of animals is highest, environment minister Lea Wermelin said in a parliamentary committee response.

The remaining 1,900 meters of new fence will be stored and can be added to other stretches in consultation with local citizens and hunters, Jyllands-Posten writes.

The overall aim of the measure is to allow “legal” animals to pass while continuing to block the path of wild boar.

Nature Agency forest official Bent Rasmussen told local media Jydske Vestkysten that three dead animals, all types of deer, have so far been found in the fence.

“Compared to other fencing systems across Denmark, that's not so bad at all,” Rasmussen said, while also recognizing the need to prevent more deaths.

“It is a disaster for the individual animal. And none of us think it’s not terrible to see the pictures of animals hanging in that way,” he said.

The 70-kilometre fence was erected last year as a measure against the spread of swine flu, at a cost of 45 million kroner, less than initially projected. The update is expected to cost 200,000 kroner.

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