Sunday, April 4, 2010

MALAYSIA: two schools closed due to pandemic

Previously reported here:

04/03/2010
Langkawi island district authorities, the state of Kedah, Malaysia has decided to temporarily close two schools to ...

Langkawi island district authorities, the state of Kedah, Malaysia has decided to temporarily close two schools to prevent contagious diseases when there are nearly 200 school children here suffer from symptoms of cough and high fever.

As representatives of the local health agency, has 112 students from a cold, cough and fever, the island of Pulau Tuba schools have closed six days, longer school Pulau Dayang Bunting Island Elementary School has closed for more than 50 students suffer from these symptoms.

In addition, a technology center in Langkawi also in a state of being closely monitored and shut down because of suspected influenza infection students exceed safe levels.

Langkawi authorities then formed a specialized team to monitor the situation and not to prevent the disease spreading. "We have sent samples to the Sungai Buloh Hospital tested, but so far no results so provisional that is not yet determined what flu strains," a member state of Kedah for the Department of Health know.

At many other schools in Langkawi, students and teachers went to school with medical masks.

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