Flu Epidemic Hits Pacific Island

[NashVegas]

Source: BBC

Medical officials from New Zealand are trying to get aid to the remote South Pacific islands of Tokelau, which have been hit by a flu epidemic.

The tiny archipelago, where one in 10 people are sick, is a 26-hour boat ride from its nearest neighbour, Samoa.

Most of the 150 people affected are children. Four have been hospitalised so far, according to media reports.

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"This is an isolated population so there is not a high level of immunity," New Zealand's deputy director of public health, Fran Mcgrath, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7973531.stm

[bkkyosemite]

1. Wonder how the flu got there it's so remote.

[NashVegas]

2. Exactly

That's why I bothered to post it, considering it's such a small place.

[carlyhippy]

3. could it be bird flu? Birds land there on that island I am sure.