Half of School's Roll Hit by Mystery Virus
John Ross
Scotsman
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Highland, Caithness (UK):
A Secondary school in the Highlands has seen almost half its pupils struck down by an unidentified illness. Yesterday, 420 of the 992 pupils at Thurso High School in Caithness were off with flu-like symptoms.
Another 155 youngsters from the 850-pupil Wick High School and half the roll at the 43-pupil Watten Primary have also been hit by the bug. Highland Council education officials have called in health experts to investigate the outbreak, although no school is being closed at this stage. NHS Highland is arranging to take swabs in the hope of identifying the bug, which so far appears to be confined to pupils.
The outbreak became widespread on Monday, when about 380 pupils were off sick at Thurso High.
Dec 08, 2005
John Ross
Scotsman
_______
Highland, Caithness (UK):
A Secondary school in the Highlands has seen almost half its pupils struck down by an unidentified illness. Yesterday, 420 of the 992 pupils at Thurso High School in Caithness were off with flu-like symptoms.
Another 155 youngsters from the 850-pupil Wick High School and half the roll at the 43-pupil Watten Primary have also been hit by the bug. Highland Council education officials have called in health experts to investigate the outbreak, although no school is being closed at this stage. NHS Highland is arranging to take swabs in the hope of identifying the bug, which so far appears to be confined to pupils.
The outbreak became widespread on Monday, when about 380 pupils were off sick at Thurso High.
Dec 08, 2005
