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Updated: 2:53 PM Jun 18, 2009
Pueblo Boy Scouts Tested For H1N1
Some of the campers were tested with one coming back positive for the seasonal flu. Now, another test is being run by the state to check if it's the H1N1 virus. Posted: 4:24 PM Jun 17, 2009 |
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Fourteen Boy Scouts at a camp just outside Pueblo went to the emergency room Tuesday after showing flu-like symptoms.
Some of the campers at the San Isabel Scout Camp were tested with one coming back positive for the seasonal flu. Now, another test is being run by the state to check if it's the H1N1 virus.
In the meantime all of the boys returned to the camp and have been isolated from other troop members. There are 258 people at the camp currently.
Executive Director of the Rocky Mountain Council Rene Monarez tells 11 News, "We have five troops from Texas, and one from Kansas. So we actually have no local troops that are at San Isabel Scout Camp" So, if there is a confirmed case, it will not be that of a Colorado resident.
The results of the H1N1 virus test will come back Thursday. If it is confirmed, it will be Pueblo County's first documented case.
Health departments internationally are reminding people that the best way to prevent contracting the flu is to wash your hands and cover your face when you cough or sneeze.
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