County Prepares Swine Flu Plans: ; Commissioner Says Big Issue Is Continuing Critical Operations

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While at a symposium on swine flu preparedness, Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper learned that a county employee's young child was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus.

"It's sobering," Carper said after the meeting Tuesday. "We don't have flu breakouts like this, this early."

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County Prepares Swine Flu Plans: ; Commissioner Says Big Issue Is Continuing Critical Operations

The county employee is now off work and the child is at home, Carper said.

"I'm hopeful the child will be fine," Carper said. "I'm hopeful his family will be fine.

"This is a serious matter," he said.

Representatives from the county, city of Charleston and local hospitals, schools and businesses wer...

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