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NY Declares Swine Flu Emergency

Measure allows dentists, pharmacists to help vaccinate

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 30, 2009 2:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – A surge in swine flu cases in New York state prompted Gov. David Paterson to declare a state of emergency yesterday. The move expands the categories of health care professionals who can administer the H1N1 vaccine, once a lot of it is available, to include dentists, pharmacists, podiatrists. While the state has seen 75 swine flu deaths since April, Paterson stressed that the order should be no cause for panic, CNN reports.

Nine other states have taken, or are about to take, similar moves, the New York Times reports. .

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Eva Graziano of the Albany County Department of Health refrigerates swine flu vaccine in Albany, N.Y.. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Pharmacy worker Victor Galindez holds nasal spray doses of the H1N1/swine flu vaccine for the media at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Getty Images)

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