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| Swine flu hits Gaeltacht college | |
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| Six students from schools across Northern Ireland have contracted swine flu while attending an Irish language summer college in west Donegal. | Six students from schools across Northern Ireland have contracted swine flu while attending an Irish language summer college in west Donegal. |
| The affected students, who have been sent home, were part of a group of 300 attending Colaiste Mhuire Loch an Iuir in the Irish-speaking Gaeltacht region. | The affected students, who have been sent home, were part of a group of 300 attending Colaiste Mhuire Loch an Iuir in the Irish-speaking Gaeltacht region. |
| Teacher Daithi O'Muiri said the situation was being monitored by west Donegal public health authorities. | Teacher Daithi O'Muiri said the situation was being monitored by west Donegal public health authorities. |
| The students come from across NI and do not all attend the same school. | The students come from across NI and do not all attend the same school. |
| Their parents have been informed. | Their parents have been informed. |
| "We are in constant contact with the local medical staff, our college nurse is on call 24 hours a day," said Mr O'Muiri. | |
| "Anybody presenting with symptoms, or anyone who is worried they are suffering, can go to the college nurse and will be checked out. | |
| "If it escalates and becomes a more serious case we would obviously take the steps necessary to contact parents." | "If it escalates and becomes a more serious case we would obviously take the steps necessary to contact parents." |
| The course is scheduled to finish on 20 August. |