New Delhi: As swine flu cases continue to rise, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday left it to the discretion of school authorities to close their institutions
if their students tests positive but advised them not to do so lest it create panic among people in the city.
"We have said that it`s the school`s discretion, if they would like to shut down if there are cases where they feel they have not been able to isolate (infected) children.
They are welcome to do it but otherwise schools are open," Dikshit told reporters here.
She further added that schools were being sent a health advisory so that authorities are able to isolate the children and do not shut down the entire school.
Urging people not to panic, she said, "This flu is a new kind of flu which is coming to India from outside.
Medicines which are meant for it are not be taken on your own
unless tests are done and you are verified."
Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri, Delhi Public School
in East of Kailash and Junior Modern School on Humayun Road
have decided to close down for a week after a student each
from the respective educational institutions tested positive
for swine flu.
Delhi Government yesterday held a special cabinet
meeting to take stock of the flu situation in the national
capital and instructed hospitals to be vigilant in treating
patients with symptoms of swine flu.
Delhi has reported nearly 228 cases of swine flu.
Bureau Report
