People who are more at risk from becoming seriously ill with swine flu are people with:
- Long-term or chronic patients of heart disease.
- Long-term or chronic patients kidney disease.
- Long-term or chronic patients liver disease.
- Long-term or chronic patient of lung disease, including people who have had drug treatment for their asthma within the past three years.
- Long-term or chronic patients of neurological disease (neurological disorders include motor neurone disease, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis).
- Long-term or chronic patients of suppressed immune systems, whether caused by disease or treatment.
- Diabetic patients.
- Pregnant women.
- Children under five.
- People aged 65 or older.