Washington swine flu tests to focus on hospitals

The Associated Press

OLYMPIA — The state Health Department says it is changing the way it tests for swine flu.

Instead of collecting flu patient samples from doctors and labs, the department will concentrate on hospitalized patients and fatal cases. The department says it is watching for trends in the high-risk populations.

The department also is going to weekly instead of daily updates of swine flu numbers.

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On the Net:

www.doh.wa.gov/swineflu/CountyMapNumbers.htm