More than 1,000 students absent, suspected respiratory outbreak under investigation at 2 San Diego [View all]
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More than 1,000 students absent, suspected respiratory outbreak under investigation at 2 San Diego County schools
School officials said the symptoms were mostly fever, cough and headache.
Author: CBS 8 Staff, County News Center, Shannon Handy
Published: 1:02 PM PDT October 13, 2022
Updated: 10:39 PM PDT October 13, 2022
SAN DIEGO San Diego County Public Health Services is investigating a large, suspected outbreak of respiratory and flu-like symptoms reported among students at Patrick Henry High School and Del Norte High School.
About 400 students were absent from Del Norte High School on Wednesday and Thursday due to an outbreak of a flu-like illness.
School officials said the symptoms were mostly fever, cough and headache.
According to Poway Unified spokesperson Christine Paik, the absences began Monday.
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