About 1,000 students out sick with flu symptoms at Virginia high school - New York Post

About 1,000 students astatine a ample Virginia precocious schoolhouse were absent this week with a flu-like illness.

The wide sickness astatine Stafford High School extracurricular of Washington, DC, prompted the schoolhouse to cancel each play activities and athletics, according to a Friday posting connected its Facebook page.

“Due to the precocious fig of pupil and unit illnesses reported this week, each Stafford High School activities and athletics scheduled done Sunday, October 23, are canceled,” the station read.

“We volition reassess conditions connected Monday and supply you with further information.”

The wide sickness astatine Stafford High School extracurricular of Washington, DC, prompted the schoolhouse to cancel each play activities and athletics.Facebook/Stafford High School

The mysterious unwellness had affected astir fractional the school’s pupil body. Just implicit 2,000 teens were enrolled astatine Stafford High School, adjacent Fredericksburg, Va., according to US News and World Report.

“Due to the precocious fig of pupil and unit illnesses reported this week, each Stafford High School activities and athletics scheduled done Sunday, October 23, are canceled,” the station read.Facebook/Stafford High School

A spokesperson told WRC-TV students and teachers were suffering from flu-like and gastrointestinal symptoms, and authorities wellness officials were moving to find the origin of the outbreak.

Health officials person urged Americans not to skip their flu shots this season, informing the microorganism whitethorn beryllium resurgent this twelvemonth aft its dispersed reached historical lows during the COVID-19 pandemic.