Officials investigating death of 4-month-old, testing for H1N1 virus

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Officials investigating death of 4-month-old, testing for H1N1 virus

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Posted May 08, 2009 @ 06:42 PM

ALLIANCE — City and state health officials along with the Stark County Coroner's

office are investigating whether a 4-month-old Guatemalan boy died this morning

due to the H1N1 influenza virus, commonly know as swine flu.

Rick Walters of the Stark County Coroner's office said the Ohio Department of

Health contacted the county office this morning about testing the boy, who was

pronounced dead at Alliance Community Hospital, for the virus, which has

infected seven Ohioans. Stark County has no confirmed cases of the virus.

Walters said health officials continue collecting information from the boy's

parents, who appear to be migrant workers and have another child. It's unknown

when the family moved to Alliance.