The Texas Department of State Health Services announced today that Byron Steele High School in Cibolo will temporarily close effective immediately as public health and school officials work to keep swine influenza from spreading.
Swine flu was confirmed earlier this month in two students from the school, and a third student is listed as a probable case with confirmatory lab test results pending. The original two have recovered, and the third is recovering. The school is part of the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District in Guadalupe County near San Antonio.
The United States has seen eight confirmed cases of swine flu, with three in Texas. Recently, one student afflicted by the virus traveled to the Dallas area. Health officals do not think that student was contagious at the time of travel.
Some information provided by Texas Department of State Health Services news release.
