VIRGINIA
RICHMOND
Flu ‘emergencies’ seen leveling off
The percentage of visits to emergency departments and urgent-care centers for influenza-related illness has plateaued and mirrors what’s going on in the rest of the country, state health officials said.
State health Commissioner Karen Remley said Thursday that patients reporting swine flu-related symptoms make up about 14 percent of emergency-room and urgent-care medical visits. Twelve people have died statewide from influenza-related problems.
Meantime, a vaccine shortage continues. Dr. Remley said 598,000 doses have been received or are on the way to the state. School-age children are being targeted for immunization in more than 300 clinics in private and public schools, but several clinics have had to be postponed because of the lack of vaccine.
Health officials are continuing to stress that healthy people allow children, pregnant women and those with underlying health conditions first crack at vaccines when they become available.
ROANOKE
Missing student’s parents seek leads
The parents of a Virginia Tech student missing since she went to a Metallica concert nearly two weeks ago are asking that people continue to share information with police.
Daniel and Gil Harrington of Roanoke said Thursday they’re doing everything in their power to bring their daughter home.
Morgan Dana Harrington, 20, disappeared Oct. 17 after she left a University of Virginia concert arena.
Police said witnesses saw someone matching her description in two nearby parking areas, and she was last seen on a bridge that leads to a commercial area of Charlottesville.
Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said authorities have received several leads since Wednesday, when they released a timeline of Miss Harrington’s movements.
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