DALLAS (AP) -- Dallas County health officials confirm three cases of swine flu have been found in the county, and a North Texas elementary school was canceling classes until at least Friday after a student was confirmed to have contracted the illness.
And, health officials closed Memorial High School in the Comal Independent School District for at least a week as a precaution after a person working in the school building in New Braunfels became ill.
Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Zachary Thompson says the three cases involve a 24-year-old, a 7-year-old and a 3-month-old.
He said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the North Texas cases today.
Thompson says all three patients are recovering and are not hospitalized.
Dallas County health officials are still trying to determine the circumstances of how the three were infected.
The 7-year-old North Texas child attends Canyon Creek Elementary School in the Dallas suburb of Richardson.
School has been canceled until at least the end of the week.
A spokesman for the school district there said the school will be cleaned and disinfected.
Before the Dallas County announcement, the state health department had confirmed three other cases.
Those were found in high school students in Central Texas.
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