First Swine Flu Case From Orlando, Really?

Swine flu Orlando. The Florida Hospital is denying the claim that tell about swine flu first case. It come from Adventist Health System which operates Florida Hospital, the case was diagnosed Tuesday morning.

"A case was diagnosed here in Orlando today on a tourist from Mexico who came to Disney attractions two days ago to visit," CMO Loran Hauck wrote in an email obtained by Eyewitness News

"We understand that sometime in the past 24 hours there was an email sent from a Florida Hospital person to another person trying to educate them about how not to get the flu," Dr. Scott Brady of Florida Hospital said during the press conference

"There have been some reports indicating that there was in fact a case of the flu somewhere in the Disney area, but that has not been confirmed at this time."

"There have been no confirmed cases of swine flu by the CDC in Central Florida," Brady responded to WFTV reporter.

"I have not talked to the chief medical officer about this," Brady said.

''Confirmation of positive tests of swine flu will come from Department of Health labs and the Centers for Disease Control,'' she said in a statement.

Brady said the hospital would have to wait 24 to 48 hours for confirmation from state officials. Brady said the infected patient was diagnosed with Influenza A, a category of the flu, which includes swine flu. But, this could be one of several other types of flu.

Orange County Health Department officials told the Orlando Sentinel that they are aware of at least one case being tested.

''We have released one suspect case that was sent to a state lab for testing and we're waiting to see what that is,'' Orange County Health Department spokesman Dain Weister told the newspaper. ``There may be more than one [case]. Any influenza-like cases are being sent and being looked at.''


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