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Snoutbreak More Probable Swine Flu Cases In Washington
Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:09 PM
I'm up at the state health department lab in Shoreline where they've been testing medical samples for swine flu all week.
It appears several more probable swine flu cases have been found in Washington. In the last four days, the state lab has received about 100 samples of possible swine flu for testing, 60 of which came in within the last 24 hours.
Right now, any probable samples have to be shipped off to the CDC in Atlanta for confirmation—which takes about a week—but the state should be getting its very own swine flu test kit some time next week.
I'll have more info as soon as I get back to the office.
Update: Expect more school closures. King County has confirmed 7 additional probable swine flu cases, 4 of which are school-age children. A King County spokeswoman would not confirm potential closures but did say that a press release about schools was coming later today.
Trained crews are busy affixing wing masks to all the pigs and aviator caps to all the birds as we speak.
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