Third Aussie in UK is probable flu case

An Australian journalist living in London has been told she "probably" has swine flu
but is awaiting tests to confirm.
Kate Corbett says tests have shown she has Influenza A and but she is still waiting
to find out if it is the H1N1 variant, after she travelled overseas with a friend
who has been confirmed as having swine flu.
Ms Corbett said she had travelled in Mexico with a friend for a wedding. He has now
been diagnosed as having the potentially deadly virus, she told ABC Radio.
However, her friend's girlfriend, who'd also gone to Mexico with him, had tested
negative.
Ms Corbett said she returned to England showing flu symptoms, but was not actually
tested because she didn't have a fever or know her friend was sick.
However, she has now tested positive for influenza A and British medical authorities
say she is in the probable category for a swine flu diagnosis.
"I only found out on Thursday about my friend and as a result of him being ill, I
have been put onto the next precaution up."
As a consequence Ms Corbett was tested for H1N1 on Friday.
"My doctor came over all suited up with a face mask and an apron and he tested me
taking swabs from the back of my nose and back of my throat - quite uncomfortable.
"But one of those tests has come back and that's Influenza A, and that was positive
and now I just have to wait to see if I test positive for the H1N1 and that takes a
bit longer.
"I'll just have to wait. They can't give me any time frame.
"They have put me in the probable category which, I think, is just a step down from,
I don't know what they call it - the definite category."
However, she said she didn't feel ill and was not concerned.
"I'm not really concerned for my own health because I feel completely healthy and
I'm over the worst of it.
"The only thing is, I'm thinking of this whole domino effect and all of the people I
have been in contact with, even if it's just sitting next to them on a bus."
Two Australians in the UK have been confirmed as having swine flue.
A 29-year-old Sydney builder, who moved to the UK from Australia less than a month
ago and doesn't want to be named, has been told to stay home and avoid contact with
others, ABC reports.
He had been in Mexico for a wedding and arrived back in the UK last Sunday.
Earlier, fellow Sydney man Mark Robertson, who is also living in London, was told he
had the virus.
The 23-year-old marketing manager from Coogee has spent the past five days behind
closed doors in a second-floor flat in Islington, in North London, with two friends
who are not infected but have also been quarantined as a precaution, Fairfax
reports.
He'd spent four months trekking through the jungles of Central and South America and
two weeks "chilling on the beach" at Puerto Escondido on Mexico's west coast.
He's been told by doctors it could be six more days before he's allowed contact with
anyone other than his housemates.
Both men are taking the anti-viral medication Tamiflu and are said to be feeling
better.
The results mean two of the three cases diagnosed in London are Australian.