Busy hospital sealed off by swine flu as 22 patients battle virus in intensive care | Mail Online

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Health chiefs today closed a hospital to visitors in an effort to contain an outbreak of swine flu.

As 22 people battled the virus in intensive care across Merseyside and Cheshire, bosses banned friends and relatives from visiting wards at Arrowe Park Hospital.

A hospital spokesman said the drastic steps had been taken to 'reduce the risk of visitors with cold and flu symptoms spreading infections to patients and staff'.

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