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First Australian swine flu tested positive
Sunday, 10 May, 2009
The first Australian to test positive for swine flu has been identified in Queensland, but she is no longer infectious.Four other persons being tested for the virus have returned negative results, health authorities say. Officials say there have been no more cases of swine flu in Queensland after Australia's first case was confirmed in Brisbane this morning.
A New South Wales woman, aged in her 20s tested positive after she flew into Brisbane on a flight from Los Angeles on Thursday.Queensland Health says it is unlikely she was infectious when she boarded the flight in the US because she returned a "weak positive" test for the disease.
The woman had had a mild infection while overseas, and essentially is non-infectious and already in the normal recivery stage of her illness. This means that she is not a risk to other persons, and unable to infect other people.
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says the woman had fully recovered by the time she returned to Australia. As a precaution Ms Roxon said authorities were contacting other passengers who were on the woman's flight from Los Angeles.
