Nursery to stay shut after two more suspected swine flu cases

A nursery that closed after a child contracted swine flu is to remain shut after two new suspected cases emerged.

Blackheath Nursery and Preparatory School closed to pupils yesterday on the advice of the Health Protection Agency.

The independent junior school in south-east London will remain shut until 21 May while tests are carried out on the new cases. It is the fifth school in the capital to suffer a swine flu outbreak.

All pupils that may have come into contact with the infected child have been given anti-viral drug Tamiflu. No one was available from the school for comment last night.

Hampton School, an all boys secondary school in Hampton, is also shut because of the virus. Alleyn's School in Dulwich closed last week following an outbreak but reopened on Tuesday.

Castle View school in Canvey Island shut this week and there were outbreaks at Dolphin School in Battersea and at South Hampstead High School last week. The latest cases bring the total affected in Britain to 71.