by WKRG Staff/The Associated Press
Published: Fri, May 01, 2009 - 1:57 pm CST
BREAKING NEWSTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says the
state has its first two confirmed cases of swine flu.
Crist says the cases are in Lee and Broward counties, involving
an 11-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl.
Federal officials say 19 states have at least one confirmed case
of swine flu, with New York and Texas having the most. One person
in the United States has died.
Florida officials earlier referred eight suspected cases of
swine flu to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
Atlanta for more testing from Alachua, Orange, Lee, Broward, Palm
Beach and Pinellas counties.
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