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Vikings’ first-round pick Percy Harvin, who was absent from today’s opening day of rookie minicamp, is hospitalized in Atlanta because of the extreme dehydration that caused him to become sick in the Atlanta airport on Thursday. Harvin stopped there on layover as he traveled from Florida to Minneapolis.

Coach Brad Childress gave a report on Harvin’s situation during his news conference following today’s practice. Childress said that Harvin had been checked for Swine flu and the results came back negative. “I’m sure that with where we are at right now, when you vomit in the airport and are extremely sick, they were over the top, Childress said. “As far as paramedics coming and taking him in an ambulance. … He’s been hospitzlied with extreme dehyrdation and a virus.”

Harvin is expected to be hospitalized for 24 to 48 hours and Childress said the plan will then be for him to return to Florida to recuperate. He will not take part in this weekend’s camp, which will feature two practices Saturday and a final practice Sunday.