Swine flu update, no local cases
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- April
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No cases of swine flu have been reported in Westchester, Rockland or Putnam as of this morning.
The “New York State Department of Health”:http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/influenza/seasonal/swine_flu/ will update the status of swine flu cases in the state at 11 a.m. All indications are that the epidemic, which started in Mexico, is spreading.
As of late yesterday there were numerous confirmed cases in the U.S., including 28 in New York, 13 in California, six in Texas, two in Kansas and one in Ohio, according to the “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”:http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/.
State officials said yesterday that they expected confirmation that more students at a private Queens school had the illness, bringing the total number of cases to 45.
In New Jersey, state health officials have identified five probable cases of swine flu in people who recently traveled to Mexico and California
New York residents can call the Department of Health’s hotline at 1-800-808-1987.
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on Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 at 9:53 am by Jane Lerner. 
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