Swine flu outbreak guidelines to be aired on TV

TV and radio advertisements detailing specific public information guidelines in the event of a major swine flu outbreak will be broadcast within the next fortnight, it has emerged.

Speaking at the Health Service Executive South regional health forum meeting yesterday , a HSE spokesperson explained that the move will take place by mid-August in an attempt to cope with the surging level of cases in Ireland.

The plan, which will act as the public’s first port of call for information on the virus, comes after seven language students aged between 14 and 17 are in quarantine at University College Dublin over fears that they have contracted swine flu.