The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed__ 1___of swine flu in eight students at a New York preparatory school, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday. The students have had only ___2___symptoms and none have been hospitalized, he said. Some of the students have already recovered. More than 100 students were absent from ___3___ due to flu-like symptoms last week. New York health officials tested samples for eight students Saturday and determined the students were probably ___4___ from. swine flu, and the CDC confirmed the___5___ on Sunday, Bloomberg said. The announcement brings the ___6 ___of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States to 20. Bloomberg and New York Health Commissioner Tom Frieden said there is no ___7___of a citywide outbreak of the flu, and no sign of a potential___8___of swine flu at other schools. Some students at the school ___9___spring break1 in Mexico, Bloomberg said, but authorities have not determined ___10___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 ___11___ on the flu to someone else, he noted. Frieden called ___12___ students who are home sick to stay home for 48 hours after their symptoms subside. If symptoms are normal for a regular kind of flu, there is ___13___ need to go to a hospital, said Bloomberg. If symptoms become severe, as with any ___14___ , people should go to the hospital, he said. |