10:33 PM EDT, April 24, 2009
People wear surgical masks as they ride the subway in Mexico City. The Mexican government says at least 68 people have died in a swine flu outbreak. (AP Photo / April 24, 2009)
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Friday night, New York City health officials said testing was under way to rule out the strain after about 75 students at the Queens private high school, St. Francis Preparatory, were ill with flu-like symptoms.
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The New York State Health Department will send flu specimens that cannot be easily identified directly to the CDC, spokeswoman Beth Goldberg said Friday.
Staff writer Delthia Ricks contributed to this story.
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