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Jun 9, 2009 4:03 pm US/Eastern

Flu-Like Symptoms Close 3 More Boston Schools

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Three more Boston Public Schools have closed due to increased complaints of flu-like illnesses.

The William E. Russell Elementary School in Dorchester, the Charles Summer Elementary School in Roslindale and the Maurice J. Tobin K-8 School in Roxbury will close for seven days beginning On Wednesday.

The schools will reopen on June 18.

These latest closures bring the number of Boston schools that have closed due to influenza concerns to 13.

Several schools with an increased number of students and faculty complaining of flu-like symptoms have been closing due to the recent outbreak of H1N1, also known as swine flu.

The other Boston schools that have closed are the Boston Latin School in the Fenway, the Umana Middle School Academy in East Boston, the Frederick Middle School in Dorchester, the O'Bryant School of Math & Science in Roxbury, the Condon Elementary School in South Boston, the Jackson/Mann K-8 School, the Horace Mann School for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing, which share a building in Allston, and the Eliot K-8 School in the North End -- all of which have reopened.

The Otis Elementary School in East Boston will reopen on June 11 and the Blackstone Elementary School in the South End will reopen on June 15.

City officials are advising students and staff from closed schools to stay at home for seven days and not to congregate at other sites. They also advise that those feeling ill follow up with their doctors.

If you don't have a doctor, call the Mayor's Health Line at 617-534-5050.

To minimize the spread of illness, the Boston Public Health Commission urges the public to:

Wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Cover your cough with a tissue or cough into your inner elbow and not into your hands.
Stay home from work if you are sick, and keep your child home from school if he/she is sick.
Contact your primary care physician or visit your local health center or hospital if you experience flu-like symptoms.

The DPH confirmed 70 additional H1N1 influenza cases in Massachusetts – brining the number of confirmed cases to 1,010.

Eight of the newly confirmed cases were hospitalized.