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Dozens of Leeds pupils remained off school today after being struck down with suspected swine flu.
Around 50 pupils at the Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School in Kirkstall are thought to be suffering from the illness.
Seven cases have been officially confirmed by health bosses and dozens of children have been offered anti-viral medication.
The school, however, remains open.

Several cases of swine flu have been confirmed at a secondary school in Letterkenny.
Loreto convent school has said it will remain open.

LONDON - The number of cases of influenza H1N1 has almost doubled in one week in Britain, confirming the increase since the beginning of the school, announced Thursday the British health authorities.

At least 66 schools in England have been affected by several cases of H1N1 since the return of students in early September, said the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

The HPA said about 9,000 new cases of disease recorded in England last week, against 5000 the previous week, which marked the first increase since July.

The contamination had reached a peak of about 110,000 new cases over a period of seven days in July.

The number of deaths among people infected by the H1N1 flu rises to 82 in Britain, 70 in England, nine in Scotland, two in Northern Ireland and Wales.

Liam Donaldson, Senior Medical Advisor to the Government, called on parents to be especially vigilant with their children and to consult a doctor at the onset of symptoms reminiscent of fl

A "young child" who had been diagnosed with swine flu has died, Northern Ireland's Department of Health has said.
Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said that that the exact cause of the child's death was not yet known.
Two people from Northern Ireland have died from the virus.

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Another child with swine flu died in Northern Ireland today - the second in less than 48 hours.
The 12-year-old boy died in the Ulster Hospital at Dundonald on the eastern outskirts of Belfast.
The Department of Health in Belfast said the boy had a "serious underlying medical condition" but would not elaborate.

The U.K.'s chief medical officer says there have been 18,000 new cases of swine flu in England over the last week as the country experiences the second wave of swine flu.
Liam Donaldson said Thursday the rate of infection is much lower than had been feared. British health officials no longer test every person suspected to have swine flu, but estimates are that 18,000 people caught it last week, up from 14,000 the previous week and 9,000 the week before.

CASES of swine flu are continuing to rise steadily across Wales, figures show.
There are now more than 1,440 cases of the H1N1 virus, according to figures published last night.

Two more Scots have died after contracting swine flu, the Scottish Government said on Sunday.

The two deaths take the total number who have died in Scotland with the virus to 12.

The Scottish Government said both patients, a 42-year-old man from Glasgow and a 75-year-old man from the Grampian region, had underlying health conditions.