The Mirror  Friday 12th March 1999

IT FELT LIKE THE FLU was the headline of James Scott article.

Ross is struck down after his Africa safari.  actor Ross Kemp - laid low in hospital with suspected malaria - had been feeling unwell for days but thought he was just coming down with flu.  He told friends he was ill last week while in Glasgow for his successful campaign to be elected Rector of the city's university.  He soldiered on, denying it was a holiday bug and insisiting. "I have a cold."
But medical test last night could confirm he has malaria, which kills more than a million people each year, mainly in Africa.  Ross returned last month from a safari in Tanzania.
On Monday he took a turn for the worse and was forced to leace early from a ceremony at the Savoy Hotel in London. 

Ross, would have been advised to take anti - malaria tablets while on holiday and before and after the trip.  But these are not completely effective in preventing the parasitic blookd disease, which can develop a resistance to the drugs.

Article rating 9/10 Oh Ross, come on, beat this thing...

Quote of the day: When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill. TERENCE 166.BC

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