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| A Glasgow primary school at the centre of a swine flu alert will close until Tuesday, 9 June, 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, who is in a critical condition. | |
| Ms Sturgeon said the number of confirmed swine flu cases in Scotland has remained at 14. | Ms Sturgeon said the number of confirmed swine flu cases in Scotland has remained at 14. |
| 'Early action' | '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. | 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 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." | 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. | 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. |
| Translators will also be on hand to assist health officials, because of the high ethnic population in the area. | |
| Shawlands Academy, the school attended by the 37-year-old man's elder child, will remain open as no pupils there have shown symptoms - although the situation is being kept under review. | |
| There is also one probable travel-related case in the Lothians. |