An adult from Redding is the first Shasta County resident to test positive for the swine flu (H1N1) virus, Public Health officials learned last week. The person had recently traveled to Mexico and has fully recovered after convalescing at home.
Public Health staff spent the weekend contacting people who had close contact with the patient, and a few hospital employees were treated with antiviral medication as a precautionary measure. None of them has exhibited flu-like symptoms.
Tehama County also reported a positive case of swine flu last week in the south part of the county. The person recovered and was not hospitalized, according to Supervising Public Health Nurse Linda Rose.
Symptoms of swine flu in humans are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people have also reported diarrhea and vomiting associated with human swine flu. For more information, visit: Shasta County Public Health at www.co.shasta.ca.us and click on Swine Flu (H1N1) highlighted in red.
Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group
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