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More settings closed by flu as others re-open

A children's centre attached to a primary school in north London is among the latest settings to close amid swine flu fears.

Campsbourne School and Children's Centre in Hornsey closed last weekfollowing a diagnosis of swine flu in the reception class.

Three nurseries in Scotland - Glenfield Nursery in Paisley, NethanStreet Nursery and St Roch's Playschool in Glasgow - all re-opened onMonday (22 June) after being closed for a week to contain the spread ofthe virus.

Burwell Village College primary school in Cambridge and Hampstead GardenSuburb Infants and Juniors schools in London are also due to re-openthis week.

Swine flu was diagnosed in two children at Bentworth Primary inShepherd's Bush, London, a child at Canberra Primary in White City,London, and a four-year-old and nine-year-old at Grapenhall Heys HallPrimary School in Warrington, Cheshire. The settings remain open asnormal on the advice of the Health Protection Agency.

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