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The panic surrounding swine flu is beginning to subside, according to a Canary Wharf doctor.
Following the outbreak in early summer, the reported number of cases has dropped considerably.
By Jim Fitzpatrick
Parliament has begun its 82-day summer recess - and the campaign group, 38 Degrees, is asking: "What do MPs do in that time?"
Parliament's 82-day recess does not translate into an 82-day holiday for me. I take a standard fortnight's holiday, with the rest of the time spent working.
Canary Wharf businesses are signing up to a phone plan which diverts calls if their buildings are plagued with swine flu.
Several major firms on the estate have already taken advantage of BT's Voice Continuity Directed Recovery plan, which allows them to set up contingency plans which can be activated when offices become no-go areas.
The first case of swine flu has been confirmed at the One Canada Square headquarters of Trinity Mirror.
An unidentified employee of the media group has been diagnosed with the disease after being off work for the last two days.
Waitrose has revealed two more of its staff are now off sick with swine flu.
It follows the news last week that a member of staff at the Canada Square branch had the virus - believed to be the first person in Canary Wharf to contract it.
City Airport staff who worked alongside a swine flu victim have been given the all clear by their doctors.
A Travelex employee was diagnosed with the H1N1 sickness on Friday evening and has been off work since.
That guy outside your station with the end-of-the-world sandwich board was right.
Like a train robber prising open a swag bag of chocolate buttons, the world has just woken up to the fact that all of its money doesn't actually exist.
Test results on a sick worker at the Financial Services Authority have come back negative for swine flu.
The North Colonnade-based company sent a male member of staff home last week after he returned from the United States with flu-like symptoms.
Giles Broadbent offers his professional medical opinion
Swine flu. It's right there in the name. You are going to feel down with swine flu whatever the symptoms. You are going to be thinking muck and germs and snot with swine flu. The whole thing needs a rebrand.
Canary Wharf's first case of suspected swine flu has been reported.
A male member of staff at the Financial Services Authority returned to the head office at The North Colonnade from America last week displaying symptoms of the illness.
By Andrew Williams
The end is nigh. If you haven't already stocked up on tinned goods and bolted the cellar door, you may as well get ready to take part in a real life recreation of 28 Weeks Later. There have been lots of health scares in recent years, from Sars to bird flu to BSE, and now we have swine flu too.
