Swine Flu Fear Isolates 84 Cadets At Air Force Academy
July 9, 2009 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
UPDATE:
The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado is dealing with the state’s largest outbreak of the H-1-N-1 virus, or swine flu.
The Academy says initial tests show 15 cadets with the virus.
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Colorado – Dozens of sick cadets at the Air Force Academy have been isolated over fears of H1N1, the Swine Flu.
A spokes-person for the Academy tells 11 News 84 cadets, mostly freshman recruits, started showing symptoms on Monday. Since then, they have been tested, and are being isolated from the rest of the Academy in a dorm on the base.
Officials say test reults she come back within 24 hours.
Test samples were sent to Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
As protocol the Academy has been in touch with the El Paso County Health Department and the Centers For Disease Control.
