Sixteen more cases of swine flu in North

A further 16 cases of swine flu have today been confirmed in the North.

It brings the overall number of laboratory-confirmed cases in the North to 83, while cases in the Republic have now surpassed 260.

Meanwhile, the company which is supplying Ireland with the swine flu vaccine confirmed today the first batch is now ready.

Baxter International is now organising distribution of the medication with the health authorities here and in the four other countries it has contracts with.