A West Australian private school student has become the state’s third case of swine flu.

The year 7 Scotch College student returned from a trip to Melbourne earlier this week before going on a school camp.

He then fell ill and hasn’t returned to school.

89 students and ten staff members who also attended the camp are being tested for the virus and anyone with flu-like symptoms is being urged to stay at home.

The school’s acting headmaster Peter Freitag, says the boy’s case has been described as mild, and as he doesn’t have older siblings, there’s no cause for concern within the senior school.

New swine flu cases confirmed

The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Queensland has risen to 37.

Five new cases were confirmed by Queensland Health last night.

Three were in Brisbane, with two women and a man testing positive.

Another woman from the Gold Coast also has the virus - a dozen cases have been reported there so far.

Swine flu cases in WA rise to 4
Western Australia’s swine flu tally has risen to four with two more confirmed cases of the virus.

The Health Department says an 11-year-old private school student who returned from a trip to Melbourne on Monday, and a 23-year-old woman who returned from Melbourne on Wednesday have tested positive.

The year 7 Scotch College student returned from his holiday before going on a school camp.

He then fell ill and hasn’t returned to school.

89 students and ten staff members who also attended the camp are being tested for the virus and anyone with flu-like symptoms is being urged to stay at home.

The school’s acting headmaster Peter Freitag says the boy’s case has been described as mild, and as he doesn’t have older siblings, there’s no cause for concern within the senior school.

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)