Two Prince George's County, Maryland public schools were ordered closed for two weeks due to probable cases of the H1N1 Swine Flu virus. University Park Elementary School in Hyattsville joined Montpelier Elementary School and Montgomery County's Rockville High School late Saturday night on the temporary closure list.
A teacher at University Park was diagnosed with probable swine flu while the diagnosee at Montpelier ES was an eight-year-old student. Both of the afflicted are recovering without incident as is true of the all the other cases in the region to date.
The number of total state probable cases is up to 15 as of Saturday. The concern in the Prince George's probable cases though is that both were "community acquired infection" without any obvious travel links to Mexico or other H1N1 hot zones. Whether or not H1N1 stays in its current mild form, increasing disruptions to everyday life now seem inevitable.
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