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Two more students from the Wisconsin National Guard Challenge Academy at Fort McCoy have contracted swine flu, public health officials said.
The youths were not hospitalized and are recovering in separate quarters at Fort McCoy, according to Wisconsin National Guard spokeswoman Maj. Jackie Guthrie. A male academy member was hospitalized last week for the H1N1 virus and still is recovering in separate quarters.
Other academy members with flu-like symptoms have been treated with medication and also are isolated in separate quarters. The Challenge Academy is a residential high school equivalency program for state youths, with about 100 cadets enrolled this year.
Sharon Nelson, director of the Monroe County Health Department, said the cadets need to be quarantined for seven days. All three of Monroe County’s confirmed H1N1 flu cases have been cadets.
An adult male was confirmed this week as Trempealeau County’s first H1N1 flu case.
The man was not hospitalized, recovered at home and has returned to work, said Christine Berth, director of the Trempealeau County Health Department.
Berth said the man was sick a couple weeks before seeing a doctor. His family was not ill, she said.
“The significance of the case is the H1N1 virus has been around here, is still circulating and we need to be cautious to help limit the spread,” Berth said. “We’re continuing to do education.”
Milwaukee officials said Thursday an adult in the city is the first in Wisconsin to die from swine flu. City Health Commissioner Bevan Baker said the resident died from complications of the H1N1 virus, though the person also had underlying health problems that were not specified.
The federal Centers for Disease Control’s latest update counted 17 H1N1 deaths in the U.S., which did not include the Wisconsin case.
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