Swine flu: Doctor Hilary Jones issues advice as UK detects first human case of new strainLorraine, ITV
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00:00 What's weird is that they found this strain of swine flu,
00:04 H1N2 flu type A influenza virus,
00:08 that's normally seen circulating in pigs,
00:11 in a human, in a surgery in North Yorkshire.
00:15 The person who has suffered from it is recovering well.
00:18 It was a mild illness, which is good to hear,
00:20 but they'll need to do contact tracing on people
00:23 that person's been in contact with.
00:24 This is part of the general flu surveillance,
00:27 which we do all the time.
00:28 But it's the first of 50 cases in the last 20 years
00:34 of swine flu, which normally circulates in pigs.
00:37 So vets have been notified to look out
00:39 for any illness in their pig herds.
00:42 And of course, we'll be looking for contacts of this person
00:44 to see if it's been transmitted already.
00:47 But it was a mild illness, but something of interest
00:49 at the moment.
00:50 So we shouldn't be worried.
00:51 Absolutely not.
00:51 Just keep an eye.
00:52 Indeed.
00:53 And make sure that it's all OK.