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Holy Cross High School in Dunmore Closed Today Dealing with Illness
Holy Cross High School in Dunmore Closed Today Dealing with Illness - Friday, February 6, 2009 at 11:49AM EST
Friday, Feb 6, 2009 @ 11:49am EST
DUNMORE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY- A Lackawanna County school is dealing with an illness that sickened nearly 200-students. Holy Cross High School in Dunmore is closed today. More than 170 of the schools 515 students were out sick on Thursday suffering from an upper respiratory ailment. Absences started increasing Monday and peaked Wednesday when 196 kids were out. The state health department doesn't believe it's the flu instead just a respiratory infection. The school principal decided holy cross needed to shut down to clear the air.
Basketball games that were scheduled Thursday night and Friday night were moved to next week. Holy Cross in Dunmore is scheduled to reopen Monday. The state health department says it's unaware of any other area schools dealing with a similar outbreak.
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