Patient being tested for swine flu in Colorado

Swine flu may have already come to Colorado, and at least one patient is already being tested for it.

7 News in Denver is reporting that there is at least one Colorado patient currently being tested for swine flu. Sky Ridge Medical Center, in Lone Tree, confirmed to the station that it has sent tests from a patient to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The tests still have to be confirmed by the CDC.

So far, there are 50 confirmed cases of swine flu in the United States, although no cases have been reported to be fatal.

In Mexico, the center of the outbreak, an estimated 2,000 people have been infected and, of those, 189 people are suspected to have been killed by the flu.

The El Paso County Department of Public Health and Environment recommends that people stay home if they are sick and keep their children home. Also, wash your hands, cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze and avoid contact with others who might be sick.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has a public hotline for anyone who might have questions: 1-877-462-2911.