Swine flu at Western North Carolina Boy Scout Camp

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Boy Scouts reporting to camp in western North Carolina are being screened for signs of swine flu after 10 Scouts who attended last week tested positive for the disease, authorities said Monday.

Camp Daniel Boone executive Connie Bowes said no new cases were reported this week. Last week’s campers moved out Friday and a new group of about 700 from all across the country moved in Sunday into the camp near Asheville.

Bowes said 38 Scouts and staff reported flu-like symptoms last week and sick staffers were quarantined. Nineteen Scouts were sent home. Bowes said the risk to new campers is considered minimal because of the quarantine and because the camp was disinfected over the weekend. Scout masters have been asked not to bring any campers who are ill. Scouts are all between the ages of 11 and 17.

The 10 who tested positive for swine flu were from Dunwoody, Ga., and Palm Beach, Fla., officials said.