School Closure Tracking

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Please add any additional as the happen:

(used a quick google news search)

New York City Parochial School Closed After 8 Students Confirmed ...
Teenagers From Queens in Swine Flu Spotlight New York Times
Thaindian.com - Houston Chronicle

WCBD
SC School Closed Due To Swine Flu Risk
WJBF-TV -
Bob Dawkins, Headmaster, Newberry Academy: ?I guess our biggest concern would have been that, normally with the flu, you're contagious for like the first 48 ...

OSU - The Lantern
Ohio school closed in response to swine flu case
Springfield News Sun -
His is among 20 cases of swine flu that have been confirmed in the US Doctor's offices and hospitals in Elyria were being urged Monday to isolate patients ...
Elyria school closed in response to swine flu case The Newark Advocate
all 93 news articles ?

Mira Mesa School Closed After Student Diagnosed With Swine Flu ...
KFMB - ‎1 hour ago‎
A private school in Mira Mesa where one student tested positive for swine flu was closed today after a half-dozen teachers became ill, San Diego County ...
San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.commira ... News 8 KFMB
all 6 news articles ?

Rio Grande City school closed due to swine flu cases
KGBT-TV Presents VALLEYCENTRAL.COM - ‎7 hours ago‎
AP Video Rio Grande City CISD officials closed down Veterans Middle School for the rest of the week following two students testing positive for swine flu. ...
Newberry Academy students ill after Mexico trip, school closed
The State -
All of the students on the trip, plus two others who did not go but have since become ill, were tested yesterday at DHEC for the swine flu, a disease that ...

Texas Health Department closes school; bans sick reporters from ...
Thaindian.com -
Earlier this week, swine flu was confirmed in two students from the Cibolo high school and a third student is now listed as a suspected case. ...
Swine flu investigation closes school district Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune

 

[Tea]

Re: School Closure Tracking

That is the first I have heard about what location in San Diego.

Thank you.


*edit - I will help with links.


http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=10259474

Mira Mesa School Closed After Student Diagnosed With Swine Flu, Teachers Fall Ill
Apr 27, 2009 4:33 PM PDT
Apr 27, 2009 7:25 PM PDT

A private school in Mira Mesa where one student tested positive for swine flu was closed today after a half-dozen teachers became ill, San Diego County health officials said.

Christ the Corner Stone Academy was closed as a precautionary measure while tests are conducted to see if the six teachers suspected of having swine flu actually contracted the disease, said Dr. Wilma Wooten, San Diego County's public health officer.

Additionally, another case of swine flu was confirmed in San Diego County today, bringing the total number to five, Wooten said at an afternoon briefing.

The most recent confirmed case of swine flu in the county involved a 20-year-old man, Wooten said, adding that all of those who were infected have recovered and did not require hospitalization.

Two more people in the county are likely infected with the virus, as well, but confirmation is still pending from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Wooten said. The two are relatives of a 7-year-old with a confirmed case of swine flu.

According to Wooten, new guidelines from the CDC mandate that schools close for a period of seven days after only a single case of swine flu has been confirmed. It was unclear how long the school would be closed; a determination could be made pending test results from the sick teachers.

Wooten said if residents are sick, they should stay home from work or school.

Enough doses of anti-viral medications for 50,000 people have been ordered for the San Diego region from a strategic national stockpile, she said.

"This is changing very rapidly, so tomorrow we may very well have new cases," Wooten said.

"We know that the virus is spreading from person to person," she said. "What we are now in is what's called a mitigation phase. We are trying to slow, decrease the spread of the disease.

"We know that this swine flu virus is throughout our community," Wooten added. "It's in various states throughout the U.S. It's in various countries throughout the world."

As of Monday afternoon, there were 11 confirmed cases of swine flu in California, including the five in San Diego County, five in adjacent Imperial County and one in Sacramento, said Dr. Gil Chavez, deputy director of the state's Center for Infectious Diseases.

Most of the swine flu cases in California were mild, officials said, noting that only two people -- both in Imperial County -- had to be hospitalized, and they both had pre-existing conditions that put them at higher risk.