Flu-like outbreak keeps hundreds of students away from Dauphin schools
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June 6, 2009 by fluoutbreak
CBC News
An outbreak of a severe flu-like illness has hit the Dauphin area.
Almost half of the 280 students at MacKenzie Middle School did not show up for class Friday, said Jack Sullivan, superintendent of the Mountain View School Division.
The school sent home a letter on Wednesday to notify parents that a number of students in Grades 7 and 8 had come down with a severe type of flu, he said. Sullivan said he suspects some of the absences on Friday were due to parents keeping their children home because of the anxiety around swine flu.
One parent, Shelley Sorenson, told CBC News that her two children have been sick all week.
“On Saturday, my kids and quite a few of their friends woke up with fevers and runny noses and flu-like symptoms,” she said. “They have exams coming up, they have a prom coming, up and they’re worried.”
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