About 2000 students of Washington State University have reported symptoms of swine flu. The university officials said that, this is the largest reported outbreaks of the H1N1 virus on USA University.

“We estimate that we have been in contact with about 2,000 students with influenza-like illness in the first 10 days of our fall semester,” the latest online posting said.

“At this time of year, we would typically only see a handful of patients with influenza-like illness. Health care providers in the local community have also seen WSU students with influenza-like illness, but we have no way of knowing how many.

“We also have no way of estimating how many students are self-caring at home without contacting us,” school officials said.

They also said they had been asked by the county health department “to track numbers in this way to give us a better idea of how many students at WSU actually have influenza-like illness.”

- AFP