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2006-10-13, 12:34 PM
Last Updated: Friday, October 13, 2006 | 12:29 PM AT
CBC News
Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B., has cancelled classes and closed all public buildings in response to a flu outbreak that has affected at least 100 students.
Public health officials asked the university to close its campus on Friday, suggesting that a fast-moving, Norwalk-type virus is likely to blame for the illness. It's sweeping through the university dorms and has hit faculty and staff with diarrhea and vomiting.
All classes and extracurricular activites are cancelled until Monday. The dining hall, all academic buildings, residences and the library will remain open. Community groups and members of the public are asked to stay off the campus.
A letter to the public from Stephen McClatchie, Mount Allison's vice-president, academic and research, suggests students began getting sick on Thursday. He says some were treated at Sackville Memorial Hospital, while others remained in their rooms.
McLatchie says the school administration invited public health officials to investigate as soon as students began getting sick.
"We are continuing to care for students, providing as much information as we can to them and to their parents – about how to prevent further spread of the stomach flu-like symptoms," he said.
CBC News
Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B., has cancelled classes and closed all public buildings in response to a flu outbreak that has affected at least 100 students.
Public health officials asked the university to close its campus on Friday, suggesting that a fast-moving, Norwalk-type virus is likely to blame for the illness. It's sweeping through the university dorms and has hit faculty and staff with diarrhea and vomiting.
All classes and extracurricular activites are cancelled until Monday. The dining hall, all academic buildings, residences and the library will remain open. Community groups and members of the public are asked to stay off the campus.
A letter to the public from Stephen McClatchie, Mount Allison's vice-president, academic and research, suggests students began getting sick on Thursday. He says some were treated at Sackville Memorial Hospital, while others remained in their rooms.
McLatchie says the school administration invited public health officials to investigate as soon as students began getting sick.
"We are continuing to care for students, providing as much information as we can to them and to their parents – about how to prevent further spread of the stomach flu-like symptoms," he said.