UW-Madison creates isolation rooms for students with Swine Flu
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UW-Madison, a University in Wisconsin has come up with a new defensive strategy against swine flu. It has set up four rooms with 45 bes to be used as isolation rooms.

Students don't have to leave when they are infected because these rooms have wi-fi, televisions, bathrooms and food so that the students don't have to leave. They are in fact instructed not to leave until 24 hours after their fever is no longer present.

However, the university does recommend students to go home only if this is not the best option for them.

Last week there were eight students using the rooms and UW-Madison will continue its efforts till there are no more cases of H1N1 on the campus.

"The idea with isolation is you want sick people to be separated from well people, which is difficult to do in a residence hall", said Craig Roberts, an epidemiologist at UHS.

Colleges are particularly at a high risk for the outbreak of H1N1 and this step is taken to prevent the infection from spreading any further.

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