Three hospitals ban visitors as outbreak of flu spreads

Three hospitals have issued visitor bans on the public after the HSE confirmed the country is in the grip of a major flu outbreak.

Cork University Hospital along with Cork University Maternity Hospital; Kerry General; and Tralee Community Nursing Unit said they are restricting visitors in light of the situation.

After the Irish Examiner ]revealed earlier this week reported that at least one patient at CUH has contracted the potentially lethal swine flu virus, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre said rates of influenza in general are on the rise.