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Flu claims lives of care home residents
Flu outbreak caused six deaths in the last two weeks at Nazareth House, Fahan, near Buncrana, with the most recent occurring on Monday.
According to the Health Service Executive, eleven other residents at Nazareth House are also suffering with similar respiratory symptoms like the residents who died. Health chiefs have reported that the tests conducted on residents resulted positive for everyday influenza A (H3).
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