The Hollingworth Pre-School, located here on the Teachers College campus, has closed for today (Thursday) and tomorrow (June 4th and 5th) as a precautionary measure because of a diagnosed case of influenza A in its classroom. Doctors are now viewing all cases of Influenza A as H1N1. As an additional precaution, the Hollingworth facility is being professionally cleaned and sanitized this evening. The Hollingworth Pre-School program will reopen on Monday morning.

To the best of our knowledge the child has mild symptoms and is doing fine.

We continue to urge everyone at the College to practice proper hygiene, including frequent hand-washing and covering your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing.

General information about the virus and its transmission, prevention and treatment is available at Columbia University's Pandemic Response Web Site.