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Flu outbreak closes Pocahontas County schools

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MARLINTON -

The Pocahontas County Board of Education closed down schools on Thursday, Dec. 13 and Friday, Dec. 14 after an outbreak of Influenza.

Officials said that all the schools have experienced an increase in the number students with the flu, but the worst was Green Bank Elementary, which had 70 students call out sick on Wednesday, Dec. 12.

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