29. June 2009 15.20 Inland update.: 29 June 2009 15.38
The first case in the world of resistance to influenza drug Tamiflu in people with influenza H1N1 has been found in Denmark.
The person is now healthy, and there is no further evidence of infection with resistant virus, according to Statens Serum Institut.
The infection had been in close contact with another infected person, and was therefore prevented treatment with Tamiflu. Yet the person had flu symptoms and are instead treated with another type of flu drugs, Relenza.
Mutated virus in Denmark
World Health Organization Calls for the Danish case for more attention to the possibility of development of resistance in the virus.
It is not unusual for a flu virus mutating spontaneously and in a press release calls the Statens Serum Institut is "well known and expected."
They also emphasized that it does not pose a threat to public health.
hat-tip Dutchy
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