School closed

upils gather outside the gates of Downend School, on Friday in Bristol, England. The school in Bristol has been closed this afternoon after a Year Seven was confirmed as having contracted swine flu. The World Health Organisation has issued a phase five Swine Influenza Virus (SIV) pandemic warning following the outbreak with positive reports of the virus spreading to <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOV0000001" title="United States" href="/topic/politics/government/national-government/united-states-ORGOV0000001.topic">the United States of America</a>, United Kingdom and Europe.
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( Getty Images photo by Matt Cardy / May 1, 2009 )

upils gather outside the gates of Downend School, on Friday in Bristol, England. The school in Bristol has been closed this afternoon after a Year Seven was confirmed as having contracted swine flu. The World Health Organisation has issued a phase five Swine Influenza Virus (SIV) pandemic warning following the outbreak with positive reports of the virus spreading to the United States of America, United Kingdom and Europe.

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