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Three Local Minors Test Positive for Swine Flu
Wednesday, August 15, 2012    
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Mild cases of the flu reported.

The Ross County Health Department is reporting that three minors have tested positive for swine flu or H3N2v. This can only be contracted by humans, when they come into contact with a pig that has the flu.

Earlier reports from the Ross County Fair quoted a fair official as saying while they had a few pigs that were sick, none had swine flu. Now, state health officials confirm that one pig at the fair has since tested positive for swine flu, while two other sick pigs were not tested.

Ross Health Department spokesman Rami Yoakum says the three minors, have mild cases of the flu.

Rami added that people can not get swine flu by eating cooked pork.