person to person swine flu transmissions. it is unsurprising person-to-person transmissions has started in the uk. Professor Nigel Dimmock, a virologist at the University of Warwick said: "This is the trouble with going into hospitals, where you can get MRSA, C.diff, Norovirus and so on. You go in with something and you come out with a virus, it's a well known problem."
Three of the five people on a unit for severe underlying health conditions at the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff, appear to have acquired the infection on the ward, the NPHS said.
Two of the five have recovered and have been discharged from hospital, one is in critical care and two are being treated on the ward.
Professor Dimmock said the likelihood of the cases in Cardiff causing an outbreak of the resistant strain depend on how well the virus has been contained.
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