July 6, 2009
The Chief Coroner is investigating whether three more New Zealanders have died from swine flu.
There are already three confirmed deaths from the virus, but all three victims had underlying medical conditions.
Chief Coroner Neil MacLean says there has been a number of false alarms, but they are remaining vigilant.
"The police, everybody, are more alert to just checking out any indication of flu-like symptoms ... and if we become alert to that, then we make sure that's passed on to the coronial pathologists."
Judge MacLean says if the pathologist reports back with a high probability of H1N1, the samples will be sent away for analysis.
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