her family returned to montebello academy today where the eighth grade student, destinee parker, first reported she had become ill last week. family members say tests at the university of maryland medical center confirmed she had contracted the swine flu. >> they say this is about the ninth person. another couple lost their daughter. she was 14. >> state health officials say destinee parker had no apparent underlying medical conditions. this is the second pediatric fatality tied to the virus in maryland. >>> the federal government gave state officials the go-ahead today to order the vaccine for the h1n1 flu. when will it arrive and who will receive it first? abc2 news kelly swoope joins us with more details. >> reporter: the vaccine is ready to be shipped, according to maryland secretary of health and mental hygiene. it should be delivered by the middle of next week. today state officials plan to order 31,600 doses, the maximum amount that was allowed for today. initially, the vaccine will be available in a very limited supply. >> it will begin with a very small amount and gradually ra

destinee parker, an eighth grader became sick last week. this is the second pediatric death in the state now atributed to the swine flu. >>> a man accused of dousing his grandmother with alcohol and setting her on fire after an argument over money is now charged with first degree murder. police say tyron mason attacked 85-year-old ethel henderson at her home on poplar grove street in west baltimore. she died in june at hopkins bayview. so the charge against mason went from just attempted murder to murder. >>> if you text while driving listen up. a new law takes effect tomorrow that will make sending a text message while behind the wheel against the law in maryland. if caught you could be fined up to $500. you will be able to read messages sent to you. >>> in washington, the transportation department is so worried about drivers who don't keep their minds on driving that it's holding a summit meeting around the issue. distracted drivers reportedly cause thousands of traffic deaths every year. and as abc's t.j. winnick reports we all know who

. >> reporter: the shipment is due next week but that provides little consolation to destinee parker's family. >> they say this is about the ninth person that died. another couple lost their daughter, she was 14. >> reporter: in northeast baltimore, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> just days after being denied tam flue a -- tamiflu a young girl in texas died from what appeared to be the flu. her parents say it started as a fever. it was confirmed she had the flu, maybe the swine flu, but doctors sent her home without tamiflu since the cdc advises not to give it to normally healthy fever. chloe osbourn got worse. she was told to be watched. by sunday she was in the hospital and died a short time later. >> i was scared for them to put her to sleep. i was afraid -- ( indiscernible ) ---- and she didn't. they just kept telling me it would get better but it didn't. and i wish now that i might have listened to my instincts a little bit better. >> reporter: some doctors say there are red flags parents should look for like high fever, difficulty breathing and not being alert. those red flags mean you

parker says reports that destinee collapsed or got sick at school were not true. >> i was in the hospital until yesterday when she left us. i just want to set the record straight. >> destinee has two sisters who will remain at montebello. >> they did have the vaccination. they are fine. the whole family was checked. the school has been checked. the school is totally safe, as well as my home, as well as my other children. we just do not know where it came from. >> the question for other parents tonight, when will the vaccine be ready for general distribution? the answer is, even the people who would know first do not know yet. >> we still do not have the vaccine. the federal government has released the vaccine. the manufacturer does not have it ready to go yet. we are all prepared. as soon as we get it, we will be administering it. >> a funeral arrangements for destinee parker are still being worked out. coming up, advice for parents from an emergency room doctor. >> meanwhile, across the country, health care workers are preparing for a possible onslaught of the h1n1 swine flu. world healt