AP) — HONOLULU (AP) ? The state is keeping doctors informed about an unusual strain of swine flu that has killed dozens of people in Mexico.Department of Health spokeswoman Janice Okubo says the state has asked island doctors to send virus specimens from patients showing flu symptoms to the state laboratory for testing.
No case of the swine flu has been reported in Hawaii.
The outbreak caused alarm in Mexico, where more than 1,000 people have been sickened. At least eight people in Texas and California have caught the virus, though there have been no deaths in the U.S.
Okubo says department staff joined a conference call on the virus that the Atlanta-based Center for Disease Control and Prevention organized for the states.
She says the state wants to make sure it's prepared as the situation unfolds
Okubo says department staff joined a conference call on the virus that the Atlanta-based Center for Disease Control and Prevention organized for the states.
She says the state wants to make sure it's prepared as the situation unfolds
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