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Five more students have swine flu

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Anyone in contact with the students is being offered treatment

Five more students have been diagnosed with swine flu at a Devon university, bringing the total number of students who have contracted the virus up to 15.

Ten students from Exeter University, nine based at the Streatham campus and one at St Luke's, were revealed to have the virus on Wednesday.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said the students were mildly affected and were receiving medical care.

The condition of the recently-diagnosed five students is not yet known.

Health staff are now working to identify close contacts of the students to offer them anti-viral drugs as a precaution.



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