Jun 17, 2009 5:14 pm US/Eastern
Second Swine Flu Death Reported In NJ
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A health worker wears a mask as a precaution against swine flu during the transfer of a patient to the hospital. (File)
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State health officials said a second New Jersey resident has died from swine flu.
The Department of Health and Senior Services announced Wednesday that a 15-year-old Somerset County boy died at home June 8 after developing symptoms that included fever, vomiting, coughing and congestion. The state lab confirmed that he had the virus.
Officials said the teen was last in school on June 5 and had no symptoms then.
On Monday, health officials announced the state's first swine flu death, a 49-year-old northern New Jersey man. The man reported having flu-like symptoms on May 30 and was hospitalized on June 2 with pneumonia. He died Saturday at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair.
New Jersey has recorded 367 confirmed cases of swine flu and 236 probable cases.
Last week, the World Health Organization declared swine flu a pandemic, the first global flu epidemic in 41 years.
As of Monday, the WHO declared that 76 countries have officially reported 35,928 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 163 deaths.
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