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Tarrant County reports second H1N1 flu death
02:45 PM CDT on Wednesday, October 14, 2009
WFAA.com Staff
FORT WORTH ? Test results have confirmed that a man who died of a flu-related illness in Tarrant County last week had the H1N1 flu strain.
In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Tarrant County Public Health said the victim was in his late 50s, but privacy restrictions prevented any further identification.
It is the second Tarrant County death linked to the H1N1 virus.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said the next shipments of the H1N1 vaccine will be allocated to large private pediatrician practices and family medicine doctors. No time frame for delivery of the vaccine was announced.
The H1N1 swine flu is widespread across Texas and 36 other states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Tarrant County reports second H1N1 flu death
02:45 PM CDT on Wednesday, October 14, 2009
WFAA.com Staff
FORT WORTH ? Test results have confirmed that a man who died of a flu-related illness in Tarrant County last week had the H1N1 flu strain.
In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Tarrant County Public Health said the victim was in his late 50s, but privacy restrictions prevented any further identification.
It is the second Tarrant County death linked to the H1N1 virus.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said the next shipments of the H1N1 vaccine will be allocated to large private pediatrician practices and family medicine doctors. No time frame for delivery of the vaccine was announced.
The H1N1 swine flu is widespread across Texas and 36 other states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.