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New York 's first swine flu victim dead New
York: New York 's first swine flu victim, an assistant principal in a school
in the city's Queen's area, has died. Assistant principal Mitchell Wiener of Intermediate
School 238 in Queens died Sunday night at Flushing Hospital , a spokesman said.
The city ordered closure of five more schools in Queens as dozens more students
came down with swine flu-like symptoms, and health officials warned the virus
is far from done. "It seems to be spreading faster, this strain," Mayor Bloomberg
told reporters Sunday night as the city's Health Department urged New Yorkers
to remain vigilant after the swine flu death report. It is entirely possible that
in the coming days there will be people with severe illness from flu, particularly
among people who have underlying health problems. If you have underlying health
conditions such as diabetes, emphysema and asthma and have been exposed to someone
with flu, see your doctor," Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden added. "The H1N1
virus appears to be spreading more rapidly at this time. Only time will tell how
far, wide and long it will spread," he said.
-May
18, 2009 Go
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