Two more New Yorkers with swine flu have died, bringing the total swine-flu-related fatalities to four, Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden said today.
Speaking at a news conference in lower Manhattan this afternoon, Frieden said the two latest victims did not work for the school system but released few other details.
Over the weekend, a woman in her 50s became New York City’s second swine-flu related fatality, the health department said.
The woman who died over the weekend had underlying health conditions, a spokeswoman for the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said. She was from Queens.
Last week assistant principal Mitchell Weiner, who taught in Queens, became the city’s first death after a nearly weeklong battle with the virus.
Weiner, who died last Sunday, was a life-long Mets fan and beloved assistant principal for 30 years at the Susan B. Anthony school in Hollis, Queens. His wife, two sons and more than 400 mourners remembered him at a funeral service on Wednesday.
The World Health Organization tallied more than 12,500 swine flu cases worldwide as of Monday, with more than half of them in the U.S. Of at least 91 deaths, 80 were in Mexico, where the outbreak was identified in April. The nation’s 12th swine flu fatality was reported in Chicago this weekend.
(Source: NBC New York)
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I know YWN is quoting NBC, but is “he was a life long mets fan” all we can say about a Yid besides his job??? How sad… 🙁
what are all summer camps planning regarding the flu?
#2 I would think that the camps will need to assess their own situations?
If you have children going to camp, call the directors and/or admins.
What are the summer camps planning? TO HAVE CAMP!!!! Sickness is part of going to camp. Kids get sick EVERY summer. This flu is basically a 3 day deal. Not so complicated. Kid gets sick, he goes to the infirmary or home until he is better. What is so complicated? Unless you think the camps should should down for sveral weeks?