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Flu outbreak closes western Nebraska schools
9/24/2009, 9:29 a.m. EDT
The Associated Press
(AP) ? MITCHELL, Neb. - Students suffering from flulike symptoms have led officials with Mitchell Public Schools in western Nebraska to cancel classes and activities for the rest of the week.
Scotts Bluff County Health Director Bill Wineman says 150 of the district's 640 students were absent from school Wednesday, suffering symptoms consistent with swine flu, also referred to as the H1N1 virus. Most of the absences have been reported in the junior and senior high.
Superintendent Kent Halley says school officials decided to cancel classes Thursday and Friday to give students a chance to recover and allow classrooms to be sanitized. Classes are set to resume Monday.
http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/national-63/125380129014310.xml&storylist=clflu
9/24/2009, 9:29 a.m. EDT
The Associated Press
(AP) ? MITCHELL, Neb. - Students suffering from flulike symptoms have led officials with Mitchell Public Schools in western Nebraska to cancel classes and activities for the rest of the week.
Scotts Bluff County Health Director Bill Wineman says 150 of the district's 640 students were absent from school Wednesday, suffering symptoms consistent with swine flu, also referred to as the H1N1 virus. Most of the absences have been reported in the junior and senior high.
Superintendent Kent Halley says school officials decided to cancel classes Thursday and Friday to give students a chance to recover and allow classrooms to be sanitized. Classes are set to resume Monday.
http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/national-63/125380129014310.xml&storylist=clflu