Update: Health dept. confirms Lincoln child had H1N1
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By Mike McKinney and Felice Freyer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Health Department director David R. Gifford said Tuesday that a Lincoln Middle School student who died over the weekend at Hasbro Children's Hospital had H1N1, or swine flu. Skyla J. Reposa-Alves, 12, had been admitted to the hospital with flu-like symptoms. Her death follows less than a week after that of Victoria Sousa, 12, a student at St, Philomena's School in Portsmouth, who also had swine flu. Gifford's announcement came at a news briefing. The Providence Journal is following this story today as it develops. Our initial report was published at 11:19 a.m. 
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So sad to hear about another child succumbing to the H1N1 virus.
Why did Mexico quarantine anyone who came in contact with someone with the virus and we are not?
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