First Confirmed Case Of Swine Flu In Mobile County

Alabama Mobile The State Health Department says a 4 year old Mobile boy tested positive for swine flu. There is also one probable case in Mobile County.

by Jamie Burch

Published: Thu, May 14, 2009 - 12:40 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, May 14, 2009 - 5:49 pm CST

5:54 p.m.
There is also one probable case in Mobile County.

5:29 p.m.
The four year old boy is a patient of Dr. Lisa McDonough with Children's Medical Group. She made the diagnosis May 4th. The state health department confirmed it today.

McDonough tells News 5 the boy is doing fine.

"We had put him on Tamiflu, which slows down viral replication and he was much better the next day," McDonough said. "His temp was down to 99, he was feeling better. She kept her children home. After a day or two, none of the other children had symptoms, so they went back to school."

McDonough was not sure if the boy attended daycare.

1:40 p.m.
The swine flu has spread to Mobile County.

The Alabama Department of Public Health lab in Montgomery confirmed a 4 year old child tested positive for swine flu. It was first recognized by the child's pediatrician in Mobile.

There are now 27 confirmed cases and 28 probable cases of swine flu in Alabama. Of the 55 probable and confirmed cases, 32 are from Madison
County, seven are from Jefferson County, six were in Montgomery County, three were found in Limestone County, Pike and Mobile counties each had two cases and Shelby, Calhoun and Etowah counties had one case each.

On Wednesday, the State Health Department said it has received certification from the CDC in Atlanta to perform its own confirmations.

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myopinion Says:

Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:56 pm

I think the Health Department should release some sort of info, whether it be a general location of the child, and what schools the older children go to. No names, just info.

pbrcoastie Says:

Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:15 pm

Mob1, I second that! Will the county health dept. release that info? It only makes sense that they would. This has me a little worried.

mob1 Says:

Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:32 pm

OK, now we know the 4yr old has tested positive being a parent this is sad to hear. Now what I would like to know, does the child attend a day care or does he stay at home with mom or dad. I personally would like to know if a child has tested positive at my sons day care. Which specific child doesn’t matter, but that a child is positive would be nice to know.