After
16 students tested positive for swine
flu at the St Thomas School, in Kerala
capital, the district administration
asked the school to shut down.
Thiruvananthapuram District Collector
Sanjay Kaul asked the management of
St Thomas School to shut down for
a week.
Amar S. Fettle, the state nodal officer
for swine flu, said this is the first
time the state is directing the school.
"In the past, there have been
instances where schools on their own
took the decision to shut down, but
this is the first time that the state
has come up with such a directive,"
he said.
The total number of affected people
has raised in the state.
"Today, (Friday) a dozen people
tested positive in the state taking
the total number of affected to 900.
The thing is that the health department
alone cannot control the spread of
the virus. People should rise to the
occasion and maintain a civic sense,"
Fettle added.
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