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joedrescher
02-07-2009, 09:31 PM
Copenhagen, Denmark:

Copenhagen hospitals may be to treat more foreign cruise passengers for Influenza A.

Right now the cruise ship Emerald Princess, bound for Copenhagen, and according to Swedish media is at least 14 people on board the ship infected with the flu.

According to the Danish health authorities, the situation is not dramatic.

The ship will be allowed to dock berth, and if we need it, passengers can get treatment in Denmark, says senior officer of Region Copenhagen Arne Scheel Thomsen.

- We are also preparing to hospitals in order to get admissions. The next step will be to clarify whether there are close contacts to be in the preventive treatment, "says Arne Scheel Thomsen.

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thewayitis
02-07-2009, 09:46 PM
I read in a local Swedish newspaper that vaccines are prepared in Sweden for the autumn. According to that, every resident will be vaccinated against the flu two times. They don't say if it will be mandatory to be vaccinated.
Can they make it mandatory?

real6
02-07-2009, 09:49 PM
WHy the fuck do they have to go to CPH for? Go to the states...