Updated - A prisoner who was admitted into intensive care on Saturday after suffering severe chest infection, has died, informed sources said this morning. The inmate was one of two admitted to the ITU after a flu outbreak which also affected eight other prisoners, the Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Chris Fearne, said in reply to Opposition questions yesterday. The condition of the second inmate in ITU is stable. Dr Fearne told Beppe Fenech Adami and Claudette Buttigieg that, unfortunately, the flu claimed victims both in Malta and abroad. It was for this reason that the government offered free vaccination to everyone, including those at the prisons. The service is still available. He said personnel from Public Health Department yesterday visited the prisons and found a number of prisoners, around 10, suffering with influenza A, which was the strain of influenza prevalent in the community at this time of the year. Action was taken with anti-virals and isolation in some cases to avoid spread. The influenza jab was again offered to prisoners who had not taken it. All cases are being followed up.
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