Kenya: Another School Quarantined Over Swine Flu

19 September 2009

Nairobi — Another school in Nakuru has been quarantined over fears that some students are infected with the H1N1 virus.

Eleven students at Kirobon Secondary School were taken ill on Friday evening with symptoms similar to those in people with the H1N1 virus (swine flu) prompting the government to quarantine it. District Public Health and Sanitation Services Officer Kariuki Gichuhi said the students were coughing, sneezing, had high fever, headache and suffered general body weakness.

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