HOUSTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. state of Texas
reported its third A/H1N1 flu death on Friday, after the deadly virus killed a
Texas woman and a Mexico toddler who was visiting relatives in the state.
Three New York City public schools in
its Queens borough, IS 238 in Jamaica, PS 16 in Corona and IS 5 in
Elmhurst, were closed on Friday due to reports of many children with
flu-like symptoms. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
The latest fatality in Texas brought the country's
number of H1N1 deaths to five.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
said a 33-year-old man in Texas died last week had H1N1 flu, based on official
lab test results received Friday.
The man, from Nueces County, had underlying health
conditions and people with certain underlying health conditions are "at greater
risk of serious consequences from any kind of flu," the DSHS said in a news
release.
Nueces County Health District's William Burgin Jr.
said the man, a single parent of three children, died May 5 or May 6 after
falling sick a few days earlier. One of the man's children also contracted the
H1N1 flu but was treated and is recovering, he said.
A 33-year-old pregnant Texas woman living in Cameron
County, along the U.S.-Mexico border, died from the H1N1 flu on May 5, making
her the first H1N1 death of a U.S. citizen.
Before her, a Mexican toddler who had been visiting
relatives in Texas died in a Houston hospital from the disease on April 27,
becoming the first U.S. H1N1 flu death.
The third death was in the northwestern state of
Washington, where a young man in his thirties who had a chronic heart condition
died of the H1N1 flu. The death toll reached four when someone in Arizona
succumbed to the virus.
New York City Mayor Bloomberg (C) talks
to the media outside the Pop Diner restaurant in Queens borough of New
York, the U.S., May 15, 2009. (Xinhua/Liu Xin) Photo
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NEW YORK, May 15 (Xinhua) -- New York Mayor Michael
Bloomberg said Friday that whether to close more schools in the city will depend
on the actual situation in the aftermath that the city announced the closing of
three schools due to large numbers of students with flu-like symptoms.
"We will look at each school individually. If you
close the schools, the parents of their children, in many cases, don't have the
ability to take care of them by missing days of work, "he said. Full story
HOUSTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. state of Texas
reported its third A/H1N1 flu death on Friday, after the deadly virus killed a
Texas woman and a Mexico toddler who was visiting relatives in the state.
The latest fatality in Texas brought the country's number
of H1N1 deaths to five. Full story
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed and
probable human A/H1N1 cases has risen to 4,714 in 47 U.S. states, with four
deaths, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported
Friday.
According to the CDC, the state with the most confirmed
and probable cases is Illinois which has 638 cases, followed by Wisconsin with
613 cases, California with 504, Texas with 506, Arizona with 435, Washington
with 246, New York with 242. Full story
Three men walk out from the I.S. 5
school in Elmhurst of Queens borough of New York, the U.S., May 15, 2009.
(Xinhua/Liu Xin) Photo
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NEW YORK, May 14 (Xinhua) -- New York Mayor Michael
Bloomberg said Thursday that the city will close three more schools in its
Queens borough due to reports of many children with flu-like symptoms.
"Though there might be some inconvenience, this is
the best procedure, to close these schools for public safety and the continued
safety of the families involved," Bloomberg said.
HOUSTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Twelve students at an
elementary school in Houston, the U.S. state of Texas, were diagnosed with
A/H1N1 flu Friday, and local officials suspected it might be the largest cluster
of the new influenza virus in Texas.
Officials decided to close Travis Elementary School Friday
after the 12 H1N1 cases were confirmed and some 400 out of the 712students at
the school stayed home, according to local TV reports. Full story
