Genesee County Student Dies of H1N1 BUFFALO (wned) - The Genesee County Health Department confirms the death of a school age child from N1H1 influenza.

Authorities say they will not release any further information about the incident in order to protect the identity of the child.

Meanwhile, the health department says it has begun receiving H1N1 vaccine and will continue to schedule clinics throughout Genesee County. For more information on the clinics, priority groups to receive the vaccine and how to decrease the spread of the virus, visit the Genesee County Health Department website: Click Here.

In Erie County, tests were being conducted to determine whether a 15-year-old Amherst High School student who died on Sunday had the H1N1 virus. Chelsea Oliver was admitted to the hospital two days before she died of pneumonia.

On Monday, health officials in Albany and Warren counties reported two swine flu deaths: an adolescent who died of complications related to a long-term illness last week and an adult who died at Glens Falls Hospital on Saturday.



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