50 amphib sailors have flu symptoms
By Andrew Scutro - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday May 5, 2009 17:45:11 EDT
A possible outbreak of the so-called swine flu aboard the San Diego-based amphibious transport dock Dubuque has caused Navy leadership to cancel the ship’s planned June 1 deployment in the Pacific.
One sailor on the ship was confirmed to have the virus, also called H1N1, and 50 other crew members are exhibiting flu-like symptoms, said Cmdr. Cappy Surette, a Navy spokesman at the Pentagon. It was not immediately clear if the 50 sailors have been confirmed as having a “novel virus” such as H1NI, as opposed to seasonal flu.
“Those are awaiting confirmation from the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] one way or another,” Surette said.
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