The provincial Department of Health says is is fully aware of the confirmed case of H1N1 at Rothesay Netherwood School. Lab tests confirmed the pandemic flu over the weekend. Spokesperson Nicole Bowman says the department does not announce the location of individual cases, but she can understand why RNS would want to make it public. King’s Edgehill School in Nova Scotia received intense public scrutiny following a major outbreak of H1N1 earlier this year.
School officials at Rothesay Netherwood say they followed protocol when the student began feeling ill and that person was isolated and treated–and–has since returned to class. Head of School, Paul Kitchen, says no other students at RNS are showing the symptoms of H1N1.
