N.W.T. death likely not from swine flu

A Fort Simpson, N.W.T., man who died last week likely did not have swine flu, although health officials are being coy in revealing test results.

Health Department spokesman Damien Healy would not specify whether the man's test results came backnegative or positive on Monday.

Healy would onlytell CBC News late Mondaythat there are no deaths from the H1N1 influenza virus in the Northwest Territories to date, and that the department is no longer waiting for test results.

Last week, Healy said the Fort Simpson man, who died on Wednesday, had been showing severe flu-like symptoms.

Health officials had sent a swab from the deceased man to a laboratory in Alberta.

The department had originally expected the results in five to seven business days, but Healy said authorities requested that the process be sped up.