May 4, 2009
Likely swine flu case stops California prison visits
The state prison system halt on visits from family, friends and volunteers was described as "precautionary." It was triggered by word that an inmate in Centinela State Prison in Imperial County was diagnosed as probable for having the H1N1 virus, or swine flu.
"The inmate and his cellmate have been isolated," said Luis Patino, spokesman for the Office of the Receiver for California Prison Health Care Services. "They remain at the prison."
Patino said the sick inmate's symptoms were mild…
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