MILWAUKEE (AP) - At least ten schools in Milwaukee closed Friday because of concerns about the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu.
The closures include five public schools and five private or parochial locations. A sixth Milwaukee public school, Wings Academy, closed because so many students or staff were ill. The academy is a small MPS charter school.
State officials Thursday identified two more probable cases of H1N1, bringing the state's total to five. The new cases are young adults in Sheboygan and Ozaukee counties.
One adult and an unrelated child in Milwaukee, as well as an adult male in Adams County were identified earlier as having probable H1N1.
The MPS schools closed include Allan-Field School, Riverside University High School, Clement Avenue School, Mitchell School and Rogers Street Academy. The other schools are Clara Mohammed School, Inland Sea High School, St. Adalbert, St. Anthony and Atlas Preparatory Academy.
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In Green Bay, the Brown County Health Department will hold daily news conferences to update the public on the H1N1 situation in the area.
Channel 5 will bring you the latest on H1N1 as this story progresses.
