Officials from the New York City Department of Health on Tuesday are looking into whether students at a second Queens school may have swine flu virus.

In addition to health officials, education officials and police officers are also gathering at the P.S. 177 or the Robin Sue Ward School for Exceptional Children, on 188th Street in Fresh Meadows, not far from St. Francis Prep, where the first cases were reported after a class trip to Mexico, to make sure all children and school faculty do not carry the virus.

Eleven students at the special needs school were sent to the hospital on Monday after complaining of high fever. Three adults, including the school's assistant principal, were also sent home. The assistant principal tested negative for swine flu.

According to the school's guidance counselor, the child of one of the teachers at P.S. 177 is one of the students at St. Francis Prep, who was confirmed to have swine flu. Additionally, the sibling of another P.S. 177 student also has the bug.

(Xinhua News Agency April 29, 2009)