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Flu closes Cesar Chavez Academy in Pueblo

By News Desk on October 8, 2009 · Comment  ·

Marti Borden, program manager for Community Health Services, fields a call on the Pueblo City-County Health Department flu hot line. (Pueblo Chieftain photo)

Marti Borden, program manager for Community Health Services, fields a call on the Pueblo City-County Health Department flu hot line. (Pueblo Chieftain photo)

Cesar Chavez Academy, working with the Pueblo City-County Health Department, decided to close its Pueblo school after nearly 30 percent of its students reported flu symptoms. (Pueblo Chieftain)

The school was closed Thursday and will re-open Tuesday. Health Department officials said that Dolores Huerta Preparatory High will remain in session but the department will continue closely monitoring the number of students out for influenza-like illness.

Click here for the Pueblo Chieftain story.

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