More than 1,000 students at two San Diego high schools call out sick after flu-like symptoms

More than 1,000 students have been absent this week from two San Diego high schools after reporting flu-like symptoms. San Diego County Public Health Services is investigating the matter. 

At Poway Unified’s Del Norte High School, students began calling out sick Monday, shortly after the school hosted homecoming that weekend. Absences jumped to 400 by the middle of the week. However, a spokesperson from the district told CBS8 that not all of the students calling out sick attended homecoming.

The symptoms at Del Norte were similar to those at San Diego Unified’s Patrick Henry High School, which reported more than 700 students called out sick as of Tuesday.

County doctors believe that the fever, cough and headache symptoms indicate most students at both schools had the flu.