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Child dies of flu-associated illness

Updated: Wednesday, 06 Feb 2013, 12:57 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 06 Feb 2013, 10:28 AM EST

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A North Tonawanda child has passed away, from an "influenza associated" illness. The six-year-old girl was a student at St. Amelia's in the Town of Tonawanda. 

The girl passed away at Women and Children's Hospital. She passed away Monday night, becoming the first pediatric death attributed to the flu in Erie County. No other information about the child has been released.

Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein is urging everyone to get immunized from influenza.

The Center for Disease Control has released flu prevention tips that you can review, to help prevent you and your family from getting the fly.

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