A prisoner who was admitted to Mater Dei Hospital with a severe chest infection has died from 'respiratory complications brought on by the influenza virus,' sources have confirmed.
The prisoner was one of two inmates who were taken to hospital after a flu outbreak which has affected at least eight others. The second man who was admitted to hospital is in stable condition.
Parliamentary Secretary for Health Chris Fearne said yesterday that the government had offered free vaccination to everyone, including those at the prisons. The service is still available.
Mr Fearne said personnel from Public Health Department yesterday visited the prisons and found some ten inmates to be suffering from influenza A, which was the strain of influenza prevalent in the community at this time of the year.
Anti-virals were administered and some of the inmates were put in isolation to avoid spread. The influenza jab was again offered to prisoners who had not taken it and all cases are being followed up.
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