Flu virus forces CUH to limit visitor numbers

A highly contagious flu virus that carries serious implications for sick patients has forced another major hospital to drastically curtail visitor numbers.

Yesterday, Cork University Hospital (CUH) joined Beaumont Hospital in Dublin and Tralee General Hospital in Kerry in introducing strict visitor restrictions in an effort to curb spread of the illness within the hospital.

Dr Bartley Cryan, consultant microbiologist at CUH, said one patient at the hospital with flu-like symptoms is in the intensive care unit (ICU).