May 20, 2009 Flu outbreak closes 7 Boston-area schools

BOSTON (AP) - Seven Boston-area schools have temporarily closed after seeing a spike in absences of students with flu-like symptoms.

The private Fessenden School for boys in suburban Newton, East Boston's public Umana Middle School Academy and Woodland Elementary School in suburban Weston announced Wednesday they will close for a week in an effort to stop the spread of more flu cases. Three other schools announced closings on Tuesday.

Boston Latin School and two private girls' schools, Dana Hall in Wellesley and the Winsor School in Boston, announced Tuesday they were closing for a week because of flu-like illnesses.

Fessenden, Woodland, Umana and Boston Latin each had a confirmed case of swine flu.

--- Information from: The Boston Globe, http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe

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