BY ERIN HAWLEY, WMBB NEWS 13

Bay County has three confirmed cases of swine flu.

The people infected are a 5-month-old female, a 2-year-old female and an adult male in his 20s.

Some residents are still taking precautions to prevent contracting the swine flu virus, but others are no longer worried.

However, with three confirmed cases, Kerry Hunt, Community Health Nursing Director for Bay County Health Department, says the swine flu may be out of the public eye but it’s not out of the public health’s eye.

“We have always expected that we would have a case in Bay County,” Hunt said. “This doesn’t shock us at all.”

Health officials say there is no reason to panic but people should remain concerned about the virus and take certain precautions to protect themselves.

“The other really important thing is that if you do have signs and symptoms of the flu, go ahead and call your provider,” Hunt said.

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(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The Central Epidemics Command Center reported yesterday two more cases of imported swine flu, officially known as influenza A(H1N1), raising the total number of confirmed cases to 60.

The center said the patients are two female students, 14 and 21 years old, who returned home from California. One of them developed swine flu symptoms after her return to Taiwan, while the other was found to have a fever upon arrival at the Taiwan airport.

There were no signs of swine flu symptoms among members of the students’ families, the center said.

Meanwhile, one of the two indigenous cases of swine flu in Taiwan has not yet fully recovered, the center added.

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By Beth Alteri, WCSH6

(NEWS CENTER)–Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed another 5 cases of Swine Flu in Maine.

They say that now brings the total number of cases in the state to 42. They also say almost half of the confirmed cases of the Swine Flu are in Cumberland County.

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By PAUL PAYNE, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

The opening of a Santa Rosa religious summer camp has been postponed by a suspected outbreak of swine flu.

According to a statement on the Web site of Camp Newman-Swig, staff members had reported not feeling well over the past two days and tested positive for Influenza A.

State health officials later informed the camp that staff had most likely contracted the H1N1 virus — swine flu.

After consulting medical professionals and the camp’s leadership group, the Union for Reform Judaism, camp officials said they determined that they would delay the opening camp “to demonstrate an abundance of caution.”

The sprawling 500-acre complex on Porter Creek Road north of Santa Rosa is a year-around retreat but is used most heavily during summer for youth encampments. Camp Newman-Swig is for children from 7 to 17. The first youth session had been scheduled to begin Wednesday.

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By Star-Bulletin staff

Another 100 people in Hawaii have tested positive for the swine flu virus within the last week, according to the state health department.

The department reported on its Web site today that 98 of the cases were on Oahu, one on Maui and one on Kauai. The state total is 298.

To date, state health officials have tested 1,350 people for the H1N1 influenza A virus. Tests are done on 60-120 specimens per work day, according to health officials. Of those who have tested positive for Influenza A, 40-45 percent are swine flu, 5-10 percent are seasonal H1 influenza and 40-45 percent are seasonal H3 influenza, health officials said.

The breakdown by island of those testing positive for swine flu since the first cases were reported on May 5 are:
Oahu, 288; Big Island, 4; Kauai 3, and Maui 3.

The Health Department points out that one of the Maui cases was a Maui resident who contracted the disease while traveling in another state, was briefly hospitalized and recovered before returning to Maui.

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By EVAN WHITE, WKTV

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (WKTV) – The Department of Health in Otsego County confirmed 18 positive cases of swine flu in the area.

8 are from students at Cooperstown High School, 7 from Morris Central School, 2 from Oneonta High School and 1 case officials said they could not discuss in detail.

School districts in Morris and Cooperstown have been sending letters to parents describing swine flu and what can be done to deal with and prevent it.

Some of the tips include staying home if you are sick, especially if there is a fever of 100 degrees or above.

School officials in Morris say they began noticing problems after dozens of students age 12-13 started showing up at the nurses office with temperatures above 100 degrees two weeks ago.

12-15 Students per day were sent home during a recent one week stretch, according to School Nurse Kim Schlosser.

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(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The Central Epidemic Control Center yesterday announced four new cases of H1N1 influenza, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Taiwan to fifty-five.

Two cases involved individuals returning from Thailand, while two others returned from the U.S.

Two Taiwanese women toured Thailand separately between June 8-13 and June 3-9. Both women developed flu symptoms while in Thailand. The two U.S. cases involve a fifty-seven-year-old woman and a sixteen-year-old student.

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Associated Press

Health officials say Hong Kong’s swine flu cases have topped 100 as nine more people were found to be infected.
Controller Thomas Tsang of the Center for Health Protection said two children _ ages 6 and 8 _ were confirmed with the virus on Monday, but have not been in contact with infected patients or traveled overseas recently. He said authorities cannot determine how it was contracted.

Tsang said two others among the new cases were domestically transmitted, while the remaining five had traveled recently to the United States, Canada and Thailand.

The territory’s tally now stands at 101.

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The Central Epidemics Command Center (CECC) reported yesterday another seven swine flu cases infected in Thailand, bringing the latest tally of confirmed cases in Taiwan to 44.

Officials at the center has already notified the World Health Organization of the latest infections, said officials.

Shih Wen-yi, a spokesman for the CECC and a senior official at the Center for Disease Control (CDC), said that the seven people had recently returned from Thailand on different days in the last week.

Most of the cases exhibited flu-like symptoms such as cough, fatigue and runny nose. But three only showed mild signs of the disease in the form of occasional coughing, explained Shih.

Among the seven new cases, three were male students who went to Thailand on graduation trips, while the other four were members of tour groups from Taiwan to the Southeastern Asian country, he said.

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This week, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported 24 new cases of H1N1 swine flu, bringing the state’s total number of cases to 58. The new cases are in Harrison (7), Jackson (4), Hinds (3), Holmes (2), Rankin (2), Jones (2), Lowndes (2), Lauderdale (1) and Madison (1) counties.

Since MSDH began testing for H1N1 swine flu, cases have been reported in Harrison (18), Jackson (14), Hinds (4), Holmes (3), Forrest (3), Lamar (3), Jones (2), Lauderdale (2), Lowndes (2), Rankin (2), Yazoo (2), DeSoto (1), Madison (1) and Union (1) counties. These numbers include this week’s newly reported cases. Numbers may have slightly changed after case investigation and follow-up.

According to State Epidemiologist Dr. Mary Currier, H1N1 swine flu responds well to traditional anti-viral medications. The very young, the elderly, pregnant women and the chronically ill may be at higher risk for complications.

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