Part of Ministerial Statement – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 12:15 pm on 15 June 2009.
I welcome the Minister’s update, and I acknowledge that the Scottish patient who sadly died had an underlying health problem. However, we are aware that people in Scotland were hospitalised; indeed, some of them were admitted to intensive care units. Scotland is not in our jurisdiction, but it is a very close neighbour of ours.
Has the possibility been discussed that the strain in Scotland is a more virulent one?