College reports outbreak of suspected swine flu

About 20 Wellesley College students have reported swine-flu like symptoms, a spokeswoman for the college said Friday.

"Currently we have about 20 presumed cases of H1N1 among students. A handful of employees have reported flu-like symptoms,'' Arlie Corday, a spokeswoman for the college, said in an email.

Earlier this week, nearly 60 students had reported flu-like symptoms, the college reported in this press release.

"The figure of 60 was a total number, most of which have cleared,'' Corday said. "The symptoms have been mild and lasting 2-3 days.''

"Influenza-like illness has been reported by students daily for about a week. Each day this week, we have had on average one to two dozen students in self-isolation,'' the college said.