SC School Closes Amid Swine Flu Concerns

By: ASSOCIATED PRESS | WSAV-TV
Published: April 27, 2009

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NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) - A private school in South Carolina has closed amid worldwide swine flu concerns after some students returned from a trip to Mexico with flu-like symptoms.
Newberry Academy officials say the school was closed Monday as a precaution, but educators were not too concerned that their students might be confirmed with swine flu.
Headmaster Bob Dawkins says it's likely a student who was sick before boarding the plane for Cancun infected the other students. He says a student who didn't make the trip also became sick before the others returned from Mexico.
Test results on the students were expected as early as Monday afternoon.
Newberry Academy's decision to close came as the number of suspected swine flu cases in Mexico climbed past 1,600 and death toll past 100. At least 11 cases have been confirmed in the U.S.