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Number of A/H1N1 flu cases rises to 10 in Turkish primary school

www.chinaview.cn 2009-10-15 07:19:25
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/15/content_12234524.htm

ANKARA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — Turkey’s Health Ministry said Wednesday five more people were diagnosed with the A/H1N1 flu in a primary school in the capital city Ankara, bringing the number of infected there to 10.

The ministry said the first five people, including two parents and three students, had been diagnosed with the flu in the Bilkent University Preparatory School Elementary School, the semi-official Anatolia news agency said.

One of the infected students returned to Turkey from Scotland and was hospitalized after symptoms of the flu were detected, it said.

The ministry said late Tuesday the school was closed for a week and would be disinfected, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News reported Wednesday.

Turkey has seen 411 A/H1N1 flu cases as of Oct. 8, with no death reports, according to Anatolia.