Buffalo boy with H1N1 virus has died

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - News 4 has learned that a 15-year-old Buffalo boy with the H1N1 flu virus has died.

The grandmother of Matthew Davis says he was taken off life support at Women and Children’s Hospital just after 6:00 p.m. Saturday.

Davis was an eighth grader at Harvey Austin School 97 on Sycamore Street.

News 4 talked to the 15-year-old's mother Lucretia Belton on Friday night.

His mother said complications from swine flu included pneumonia and MRSA.

She said his kidneys were failing, and he was being kept alive by machines.

A nine-year-old girl is also at Women and Children's Hospital with the H1N1 virus.

She's a fourth grader at Charles Drew Science Magnet School 59's museum campus.

Her mother tells me she's on life support in critical condition, but making progress.

Their schools were not closed.

School leaders stress parents should keep kids with flu-like symptoms home.

Friday night, Lucretia Belton made this appeal to parents.

"This is no joke, this is really, really, really serious. Please get your kids, any kind of sign, get them there, don't wait until we get this far like my baby," said Belton.