source: A student from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics died of swine flu on Tuesday, the fourth mainland death from the epidemic, local health authorities said yesterday. Several first-year students showed flu symptoms during a routine military training exercise involving more than 3,000 students at a training base in Daxing district on October 22. In Taipei, a 19-year-old woman has died of swine flu, bringing the island’s death toll from the virus to 27, Taiwan’s epidemic control authorities said. The woman had suffered from a heart disease and a tissue disease. Xinhua

Texas: A 25-year-old man is the sixth H1N1 virus death confirmed in Travis County, according to the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department. The man had underlying health conditions, based on a review of his medical chart, department spokeswoman Carole Barasch said.

California: Jorge Gonzalez and his 3-year-old daughter, Fernanda, are struggling with a huge loss – a wife and mother and an unborn sibling. Monica Rodriguez, 27, who was 5 months pregnant with her second child, came down with a severe cough and fever that was ultimately diagnosed as the H1N1 flu. Rodriguez, who lived in El Monte, died Sunday.

source: Tragedy strikes a family in Moss Bluff after their 14-year old son dies while sick with the flu.

Jonathon Fontenot of Moss Bluff died last night after being airlifted to Lake Charles Memorial Hospital around 9:30 PM.

“I don’t know how to describe it, I’m such in shock,” says Chris Fontenot, Jonathon’s father. “I can’t believe that my son is gone. ”

Chris says his son Jonathon was healthy and well just a few days ago.

“In the evenings after school you’d see him right here running around playing ball in the yard,” says Chris.

Chris says Jonathon began experiencing symptoms of the flu on Saturday.

“He went to the doctor yesterday and was diagnosed with the flu,” says Chris. “They started him on a typical flu treatment.”

Shortly after his mother put him to bed, Jonathon’s younger sister found him on the floor where he was not breathing.

“He was airlifted to Lake Charles Memorial Hospital where they continued CPR or artificial breathing,” says Chris. “Then he just never pulled out of it, we don’t know what happened.”

School situation update in the United States (US):

This is made worse by people returning to schools 24 hours after symptoms: adults can shed virus for days, to a week after their symptoms. Children can spread it for much longer than adults, therefore highly infectious kids are sitting in classrooms.

Connecticut: A suspected wave of swine flu hit Litchfield County on Tuesday, with the first public school closing announced in Region 10. Superintendent Alan Beitman said 765 of the district’s 2,810 students were out sick by early Tuesday afternoon, and many more were falling ill: 40 students at Lewis S. Mills High School became ill during the school day Tuesday. When parents began calling to report cases of pneumonia and bronchitis, Beitman, consulting with state and local health officials, decided to shut the school system down until Monday.

Chicago: The number of students staying home sick with the flu is multiplying nationwide and normally quiet school nurses’ offices suddenly look like big city emergency rooms, packed with students too ill to finish the day. The federal government has urged schools to close because of the swine flu only as a last resort. But schools are closing by the dozens as officials say they are being hit so hard and so fast by the H1N1 virus that they feel shutting down for a few days is the only feasible option.

source: 18 new deaths.

100% of subtyped influenza viruses at the Arizona State Laboratory during the previous week were 2009 H1N1 influenza virus.

Texas: Beaumont health department officials say a 5-year-old Jefferson County child has died of complications from the H1N1 virus.

Illinois: A third person has died because of the H1N1 virus, health officials confirmed Wednesday. The death of a 50-year-old Crystal Lake man at Centegra Hospital, over the weekend was a result of the H1N1 flu virus, McHenry County health officials announced this morning.

Florida: A 59-year-old man with underlying medical conditions has become the fifth person in Polk County to die with H1N1 swine flu.

Utah: Four more Utahns have died from health problems associated with the the swine flu in the past week.

Washington: Lewis County Public Health says state lab tests have confirmed that the death of a woman in her early 30s on Oct. 11 was related to swine flu.

Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says four more people in the state have died from the swine flu.

Vermont: Vermont has its first swine flu death, and state health officials say 800 doses of vaccine have been destroyed due to a refrigeration problem.

Nevada: The Southern Nevada Health District confirms that four people died last week as a result of the H1N1 virus. The district also confirmed that two deaths earlier in October were found to be a result of the H1N1 virus.

Delaware: Delaware’s Division of Public Health has learned of another H1N1-related death, this time in an 80-year-old Sussex County woman. She passed away Saturday, Oct. 24, in a Delaware hospital. Because she doesn’t fit the typical age profile, additional H1N1 investigation was conducted to confirm her status.

Maryland: Two more Marylanders have died of swine flu, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 12, state health officials say. Both were adults who lived in the Baltimore area. They were not related, and neither had any underlying medical conditions.

Minnesota: The Minnesota Department of Health reported two more deaths connected with the H1N1 flu virus in the state. The department said one of the two deaths was an adult in his or her 50s from south central Minnesota. That person had no other underlying health conditions.

Texas: A Galveston woman’s death is the first known H1N1 swine flu death in the county.

source: Two more people have died after contracting swine flu in Scotland, taking the total number of deaths related to the virus to 25.

COMMAND 	PHASE    	UPDATED
AFRICOM 	Phase 0 	2009-10-27
CENTCOM 	Phase 0 	2009-10-27
EUCOM 	        Phase 0 	2009-10-27
NORTHCOM 	Phase 1 	2009-10-28
PACOM      	Phase 1 	2009-10-27
SOUTHCOM 	Phase 0 	2009-10-27

INTER-PANDEMIC PERIOD
0	Prepare DOD for continued operations in the event of a PI.
PANDEMIC ALERT PERIOD
1	DOD supports USG efforts to prevent or inhibit the geographic spread of the virus.
2	Support USG efforts to contain the spread of the virus.
3	Support USG efforts to delay or halt the virus geographically.
PANDEMIC PERIOD
4	DOD maintains continuity of operations.
RECOVERY PERIOD
5	DOD reconstitutes the force in preparation for successive waves or the post-pandemic period.

Afghanistan has recorded its first death from the swine flu pandemic, the public health ministry announced on Wednesday.

“The victim was an engineer from Kabul. He was working for a construction company,” ministry spokesman Farid Rahid told AFP.

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source: The number of South Koreans who have died from Influenza A (H1N1) has risen to 33 as four new deaths have been attributed to the virus, the government said Wednesday.

Wisconsin: A person in Oconto County has died because of complications related to swine flu, officials said today. The Oconto County Health Department said it is not releasing the individual’s sex, age, race or location of residence because of “respect for the family and patient confidentiality laws.”

Oregon: One Douglas County resident has died from the swine flu and 12 people have been hospitalized with flu viruses since September, according to Douglas County Health and Social Services.

Oklahoma: An Oklahoma County teenager has died after being hospitalized for complications from swine flu.

Wyoming: The Wyoming Department of Health announced today that flu contributed to the deaths of two more Wyoming residents this month.

Chicago: A 5-year-old boy from Northwest suburban Cook County has died from H1N1 virus-related causes, officials said Tuesday.

Rhode Island: St. Philomena School principal Donna Bettencourt-Glavin says medical officials are conducting an autopsy on the body of a 12-year-old student who died after coming down with flu-like symptoms.

Idaho: The Idaho South Central Public Health District confirmed that the H1N1 influenza virus contributed last week to the death of a male teenager in Twin Falls who had underlying health conditions.

Florida: Okaloosa County has announced its second swine flu death in less than two weeks.

North Carolina: A second area resident has died from the H1N1 virus, New Hanover Regional Medical Center officials said Tuesday. The man, who was in his early 50s, died at the hospital late last week, said Paul Kamitsuka, the hospital’s infection control physician.

Washington: Lewis County Public Health said the victim, a woman in her early 30s, died on October 11.

Illinois: Lake County on Tuesday has reported its second death because of H1N1 complications.

Alberta: There are now 12 deaths in Alberta from H1N1, up from 9 on Friday. Details on the victims is not provided.

BC: Three more deaths linked to pandemic H1N1 swine flu have been confirmed in B.C., bringing the total number to 12, but provincial health officials say all but one of the victims had underlying health problems.

Florida: As they announced the first dates for public H1N1 vaccination clinics, Indian River County Health Department officials also on Tuesday confirmed the first swine flu-related death in the county.

New Jersey: He went to classes at Rancocas Valley Regional High School in Mount Holly every day last week and showed no sign of illness, school officials said. But on Saturday, 17-year-old Andre Mendez’s temperature shot up to 104 degrees and he was having convulsions when paramedics arrived, according to the officials.

Arkansas: The number of Arkansans who have died from swine flu has risen to 13, a state Health Department spokesman said Monday.

California: School authorities announced the death of Miyoshi Smith… a student in the criminology and restorative justice studies program. According to school officials, Smith died Sunday morning, after having been hospitalized for more than a week with the h1-n1 flu and pneumonia.

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New tests show the H1N1 pandemic is spreading from school age children to adults. Quest Diagnostics recently tested more than 76,000 people. They say there is now an increase of adults ages 50 to 64 years old coming down with H1N1.

Onishchenko confirmed Zabaikalsky Region Deputy Prime Minister Natalya Zhdanova’s report that two women, one of whom was pregnant, died of the virus.

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Evan Frustaglio

Evan Frustaglio died Monday after developing a high fever over the weekend. The boy was rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital in west-end Toronto Monday afternoon after his condition deteriorated rapidly and he collapsed at home, his father told reporters.

Paul Frustaglio told reporters that a coroner determined his son died of the H1N1 virus. Health officials confirmed the finding late Tuesday morning.

A spokesperson for Toronto public health said officials would hold a news conference Tuesday afternoon to discuss an increase in flu activity in the city.

The boy’s mother is a nurse and the whole family was planning on getting the flu shot, his father told CTV Toronto.

Evan was in London, Ont. playing in a hockey tournament when he fell ill. He was sent home Sunday after going to a walk-in clinic with symptoms of the flu.

Friends say the Mississauga North Stars player complained of a sore neck and throat during dinner Saturday night.