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The Honolulu Advertiser
Updated at 4:32 p.m., Wednesday, May 6, 2009

2 more swine flu cases suspected on Oahu

By Dan Nakaso
Advertiser Staff Writer

Two more cases of swine flu are suspected on Oahu, pending confirmation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

Confirmation could come as early as Friday, state Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo said today.

The two adults are under voluntary home confinement and "they still have some minor illness," Okubo said. "But they're recovering at home."

Okubo did not know whether the adults are related or recently traveled to Mexico or Mainland states that also have confirmed cases.

The three confirmed cases of swine flu so far on Oahu involve a married military couple and a school-age child and involved recent travel to the Mainland. All three patients have since recovered, Okubo said.

Reach Dan Nakaso at dnakaso@honoluluadvertiser.com.