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| Swine flu school opens to pupils | |
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| A primary school that was closed after one of its pupils contracted the swine flu virus has reopened. | |
| Ravenscraig Primary shut last Tuesday as a precaution after the five-year-old boy displayed symptoms of the virus. | Ravenscraig Primary shut last Tuesday as a precaution after the five-year-old boy displayed symptoms of the virus. |
| His 45-year-old mother is also among the six confirmed cases of swine flu in the Greenock area. | |
| The town's Ladybird Pre-Five Centre also closed after a three-year-old boy who attends contracted the virus. All six patients had only "mild" symptoms. | |
| Tamiflu was given to 23 classmates of the Ravenscraig Primary pupil, and to 17 members of an after-school club he attended. | |
| Inverclyde Council said the school had re-opened on the advice of health officials. | |
| A total of 10 people across Scotland have tested positive for the H1N1 strain of the virus. | A total of 10 people across Scotland have tested positive for the H1N1 strain of the virus. |
| A further six "probable" cases are still under investigation. | |
| Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said: "The level of person to person transmission we have seen in Scotland so far has been very limited and the risk to the public remains low. | |
| "However, it is important that we all continue to do everything possible to limit the spread of the virus with simple good hygiene measures." |