The Browns Valley first-grader died in the VacaValley Hospital emergency room after suffering flu-like symptoms for a few days. As of press time, no official cause of death has been announced by the Solano County Coroner's Office.

NorthBay made the announcement Monday and posted a message on YouTube.com, with Dr. Donald Denmark, vice president of medical affairs, explaining the decision. That message can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/NorthBayHealthcare. The hospital's Web site, www.northbay.org, also features an entire section devoted to flu prevention.

"This will be inconvenient for some families, and perhaps frustrating," Denmark said in a press release. "But we have to put the safety of the patients first, and the safety of those who will be visiting a facility that has a growing number of patients with the flu."

Denmark said there may be visiting accommodations made for those under the age of 16 with extenuating circumstances.

For those wanting more information about H1N1, a public meeting is being held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday in room 1, 275 Beck Ave., Fairfield. Hosted by Solano County Mental Health, Dr. Michael Stacey (deputy health officer with Solano Public Health) will be on hand to discuss the virus, give an update and talk about the public response.

Browns Valley Elementary -- where the deceased child attended -- plans to reopen and resume a normal schedule today after dismissing classes Friday and Monday, said Robin Cox, health education manager for Solano County Public Health.

Vacaville Christian High School resumed classes on Monday after locking the doors on Thursday after a third of the staff and more than 40 students reportedly suffered from swine flu.

All those schools surrounding Browns Valley have been monitored and there hasn't been a drop off in attendance, and, in some cases, attendance was up, said Cox. Because of this, Public Health is confident there wasn't an outbreak. As expected, she said, there was a large jump in those patients showing up at clinics to receive treatment.

Also seeing an increase in patients was Kaiser Medical Center in Vacaville, one of the first health-care providers to receive shipments of the H1N1 vaccine. Jim Karumpus, a Kaiser public information officer, said the newly opened facility gave out more than 2,000 vaccinations on Friday alone.

As for limiting visitations, he said Kaiser is currently re-evaluating its daily procedures, but is not restricting visitors at this time. He said all hospitals have been equipped with respiratory etiquette stations with masks, tissues and hand sanitizers to help educate those who visit.

"There won't be any answers today, but it may be this week," Karumpus said. "If you feel not well, please don't visit anyone in the hospital."

For Sutter Solano Medical Center, a three-leveled system has been put in place to identify the risk of those visiting the facilities. According to Sy Neilson, Sutter spokesman, Level 1 is routine visitation; Level 2 is restricted visitation; and Level 3 is no visitation.

Sutter is currently at Level 1 and is asking visitors who are ill not to visit patients. If staff sees someone with flu-like symptoms, they approach them and give them the appropriate advice, Neilson said.

He added that the situation is constantly monitored and Sutter is working with other health-care providers and Solano County to stay up to date.