Australia`s swine flu tally now 1,207

There are more than 1,000 cases of swine flu in Victoria, with 137 positive tests
recorded in the state over the weekend.
The national swine flu tally stood at 1,207 on Monday night, with 1,011 of cases in
Victoria.
NSW added seven new cases on Monday, with a total of 89 positive tests.
Queensland had 49 confirmed cases, including rugby league player Ben Hannant,
according to federal government figures. However, the state's health department said
the count had risen to 53.
There are 20 confirmed swine flu cases in Western Australia, 13 in South Australia,
10 in the ACT, nine in Tasmania, and six in the Northern Territory.
Meanwhile, schools across the nation are keeping their doors shut to limit the
outbreak of swine flu.
In Western Australia, about 200 students at an exclusive boys school were told to
stay home after 10 new cases of swine flu were confirmed on Sunday.
The WA Health Department says an 11-year-old boy from the exclusive Scotch College
and a 23-year-old woman who had visited Melbourne tested positive on Saturday and
were in home quarantine.
WA Communicable disease control acting director Paul Effler said of the 14 cases,
nine were children, all aged about 11, attending three Perth schools including six
at Scotch College, two at Christ Church Grammar School and one at East Claremont
primary school, all in Perth's affluent western suburbs.
Mr Effler said they are now working with schools to discuss the best course forward.
"We're recommending partial closure, or in the case of a small school closure for a
limited time," he said.
Meanwhile in Queensland, a school in far north Queensland has extended its closure
following the latest confirmed swine flu cases on Sunday.
Education Queensland says Cairns State High School, which was due to reopen on
Tuesday, will stay closed until Thursday, after confirmation that a second student
has contracted the disease.
The student attended school last Wednesday - a day before it closed following
confirmation of the first case.
In Victoria, which has the highest number of confirmed cases of swine flu with
almost 900, the government last week said schools would no longer automatically
close if there were confirmed cases across several classes, with students with
flu-like illness spending three days in home quarantine.
Last week, an interstate stoush broke out over NSW's decision to impose a seven-day
quarantine period on children returning from Melbourne following Wednesday's State
of Origin rugby league game.
Victoria had moved its flu alert level that day from contain to modified sustain,
meaning resources would now be placed in high-risk areas rather than focused on
closing schools and quarantining people.