This information is unconfirmed, so treat it with appropriate skepticism. I haven't had time to check other media reports to see if this is corroborated, or has already been reported elsewhere.
From the Rev. Mark Sills, executive director of FaithAction International in Greensboro, e-mail time-stamped 3:59 p.m. today:
As of this afternoon there are four or five suspected cases of swine flu being reported in North Carolina. I have no details on any of these except that there is one suspected case in Davidson County, so it is very nearby.
UPDATE, 10:55 p.m.:
From the Raleigh News & Observer: People in North Carolina suspected of having the virus are under orders from the state public health department to stay home until they no longer have symptoms, and one man who was aboard a plane from Mexico that landed in Charlotte was hospitalized. The Associated Press quotes Engel as saying, "We're behaving as if the disease is here."
The News & Record reports that NC Health Director Dr. Jeffrey Engel said this afternoon that lab tests showed that the first 15 cases were not swine flu. The report by Jennifer Fernandez also says that no cases have been reported in Guilford County. Likewise, the Winston-Salem Journal quotes county health director Dr. Tim Monroe as saying there are no suspected cases in Forsyth County. Monroe tell the Journal: "There are 12 suspected cases around the state but that is a real fluid number. A lot of people will be called suspected and later ruled out. There is a good possibility that we will have suspected cases in Forsyth County."
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