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THE ENTEROVIRUS OUTBREAK.
ANTOINETTE ANTONIO IS LIVE IN
BOSTON WITH THE NEW DETAILS
WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS MORNING.
ANTOINETTE?
EMILY AND RANDY, FOUR DEATHS
TOTAL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
ASSOCIATED WITH ENTEROVIRUS.
ONE OF THEM RIGHT HERE IN NEW
ENGLAND.
THIS MORNING THE VIRUS ISN'T
SHOWING ANY SIGNS OF SLOWING
DOWN.
10-YEAR-OLD EMILY OTRANDO WAS
OTHERWISE HEALTHY WHEN SHE CAME
DOWN WITH COLD-LIKE SYMPTOMS AND
STARTED HAVING BREATHING
PROBLEMS.
PEOPLE IN THE CUMBERLAND, RHODE
ISLAND COMMUNITY ARE STUNNED BY
THE LITTLE GIRL'S SUDDEN DEATH
LAST WEEK.
VERY SAD.
JUST A TOUGH DAY TO GO THROUGH
RIGHT NOW.
JUST GOT TO GO DAY BY DAY, GET
STRONGER.
DOCTORS SAY SHE SUFFERED FROM
ENTEROVIRUS AND A STAPH
INFECTION.
MEANWHILE, THERE ARE FIVE NEW
CASES OF ENTEROVIRUS D68 IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE, BRINGING THE TOTAL
NUMBER THERE TO SEVEN.
ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS AND ALMOST
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, HUNDREDS OF
CASES ARE CONFIRMED OR
SUSPECTED.
FOUR PEOPLE INFECTED WITH THE
VIRUS HAVE DIED, BUT AS IN
EMILY'S CASE, DOCTORS DON'T KNOW
IF ENTEROVIRUS WAS THE EXACT
CAUSE.
THEY KNOW HER SITUATION GOT DIRE
VERY QUICKLY, BEFORE THEY COULD
SAVE HER.
REALLY BY THE TIME SHE GOT TO
THE HOSPITAL, EVERYTHING FELL
APART.
VERY QUICKLY.
WITHIN 24 HOURS.
HERE AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL,
DOCTORS ARE INVESTIGATING A
POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN
ENTEROVIRUS D68 AND CHILDREN WHO
ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF PARALYSIS.
WE'RE LIVE IN BOSTON THIS
MORNING, ANTOINETTE ANTONIO,