Swine flu hits Glastonbury festival
Three people have been sent home from this year's Glastonbury festival with suspected swine flu, organisers have said.
Two students from Edinburgh and Exeter universities and a 10-year-old child from a family of four were all taken to isolation facilities after being diagnosed.
Festival spokesman Christo Hird said: "Three unconnected people were taken off-site, straight to an isolation unit on the advice of the doctor and have now gone home."
He added: "They presented with symptoms. All medical staff have been fully brief. The view of the chief medical officer is that they had this before turning up.
"This was anticipated. There is no more risk here than anywhere. The figure of three in 177,000 people is regarded as very low."
No other revellers had presented with symptoms, he said.
A medical team of 600 is on hand to deal with medical emergencies.
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