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The chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum is calling for the health authority to re-open free swine flu vaccination clinics for the general population amid fears that the numbers contracting the virus will continue to rise.

An adult male and a child - the first swine flu cases in the west - recently returned from New York, it was confirmed this week.

Two cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the west according to the HSE.

As children headed back to school this week, parents in the west are becoming increasingly concerned about the threat of swine flu.

Further cases of swine flu are expected in city and county schools in the coming weeks and months, the HSE West warned this week.

Younger people, those with an underlying illness, pregnant women and people who are obese are the groups who are likely to become most seriously ill and among whom most deaths may be recorded from swine flu, a local health expert revealed this week.