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Oct 23, 2009 12:14 am US/Pacific

Vacaville School Closed After Swine Flu Death

VACAVILLE (CBS 5 / KCBS / BCN) ― A first-grader from a Vacaville elementary school who died Sunday has tested positive for the H1N1 virus, prompting the school's closure until next week, school and health officials said late Thursday.

The child, a student at Browns Valley Elementary School, died after showing flu-like symptoms, and test results from the state's Department of Public Health laboratory came up positive for the swine flu, according to Solano County Health Department officials.

"We are extremely saddened and our thoughts go out to the friends and family of this child," Ronald W. Chapman, the county's public health officer, said.

As a result, Chapman recommended and school officials agreed that students would be dismissed from the school on Friday and Monday, and return to school on Tuesday "to interrupt transmission of the novel H1N1 virus."

The Superintendent of Vacaville Unified School District, John Aycock, said he agreed to cancel classes at the school due to a higher than average student absentee rate and the confirmation of the H1N1 infection in the child that passed away.

Children from the school, located at 333 Wrentham Drive in Vacaville, were advised to stay at home and not congregate in public places such as malls, churches, and small social gatherings.

The final cause of the child's death is still under investigation and was to be determined by the Solano County coroner's office.

Vacaville Christian High School is also closing due to the threat of the H1N1 virus. A third of the faculty and 43 students are said to be ill. The high school is set to reopen on Monday.

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