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A Glasgow primary school at the centre of a swine flu alert will close on Friday for a week, Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced. | A Glasgow primary school at the centre of a swine flu alert will close on Friday for a week, Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced. |
She stressed the move, at the city's Annette Street Primary, had been taken as a precautionary measure. | She stressed the move, at the city's Annette Street Primary, had been taken as a precautionary measure. |
Three pupils who attended the school are suspected to have the virus. | Three pupils who attended the school are suspected to have the virus. |
Two of them are the children of the 37-year-old man in intensive care at Glasgow's Victoria Infirmary - the 14th case of the virus. | Two of them are the children of the 37-year-old man in intensive care at Glasgow's Victoria Infirmary - the 14th case of the virus. |
Ms Sturgeon said the number of confirmed swine flu cases in Scotland has remained at 14. | |
'Early action' | |
She also said there were five probable cases in Glasgow, four of which are the wife of the man in intensive care and their three children. | |
The fifth is a five-year-old pupil at Annette Street Primary and a neighbour of the family. | |
The health secretary said: "We know from experience south of the border that when precautionary action like this can be taken early, then we do have a good chance of stopping further spread." | |
Tamiflu will be issued to the children in the Primary One class of the child and public health officials will give parents advice and reassurance. | |
There is also one probable case in a male in Lothian. |