PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island health authorities have opened school-based swine flu vaccination clinics, the same day they announced the second death of a child with flu-like symptoms.
State health department spokeswoman Annemarie Beardsworth said Monday the state is investigating the weekend death of a girl under 18 who had a flu-like illness. Health officials are trying to determine if the girl, 12-year-old Skyla Reposa-Alves, a student at Lincoln Middle School, had swine flu.
The child died at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence.
The voluntary school vaccinations began on Monday for children whose parents have signed a consent form. The clinics for middle and high school students will take place during the school day, while elementary school students can get vaccinated in the afternoon and evening.
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