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Swine Flu in New York The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed cases of swine (猪) {{U}}(51) {{/U}} in eight students at a New York preparatory (预科的) school, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday. The students have had only {{U}}(52) {{/U}} symptoms and none have been hospitalized, he said. Some of the students have already recovered. More than 100 students were absent from {{U}}(53) {{/U}} due to flu-like symptoms last week. New York health officials tested samples for eight students Saturday and determined the students were probably {{U}}(54) {{/U}} from swine flu, and the CDC confirmed the {{U}}(55) {{/U}} on Sunday, Bloomberg said. The announcement brings the {{U}}(56) {{/U}} of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States to 20. Bloomberg said there is no {{U}}(57) {{/U}} of a citywide outbreak (爆发) of the flu, and no sign of a potential outbreak of swine flu at {{U}}(58) {{/U}} schools. Some students at the school {{U}}(59) {{/U}} spring break in Mexico, Bloomberg said, but authorities have not determined {{U}}(60) {{/U}} any of the students with a confirmed case of swine flu was in Mexico. Someone who traveled to Mexico may not have had any flu symptoms but {{U}}(61) {{/U}} on the flu to someone else, he noted. Bloomberg called on students who are home sick to {{U}}(62) {{/U}} home for 48 hours after their symptoms go away. If symptoms are normal for a regular kind of flu, there is {{U}}(63) {{/U}} need to go to a hospital, said Bloomberg. If symptoms become severe, as {{U}}(64) {{/U}} any illness, people should go to the hospital, he said. St. Francis, which has 2,700 students, announced it will remain closed for two days. {{U}}(65) {{/U}} whether the students' illnesses have been minor because they're young and healthy or because it is a minor strain (菌株) of the virus, Bloomberg responded, "We don't know. " |