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| Rangoon School Closed because of Swine Flu |
| Wednesday, September 2, 2009 |
A Rangoon private international school has been closed for a week after students tested positive for swine flu. It is the first school closure in Burma because of the A H1N1 virus.
The Web site of the International School Yangon [Rangoon] confirmed that five students have received treatment at a hospital after they were diagnosed.
According to the Web site, International School Yangon was informed by the Myanmar Ministry of Health that it would close Monday through Friday.
"When we reopen, we will continue the precautionary measures as recommended by the World Health Organization, the American Mission and the Ministry of Health," the Web site said.
School authorities declined to give further information when contacted by The Irrawaddy.
State-run media in Burma has failed to report the closure of the school because of swine flu.
The private international school offers an American curriculum from pre-school through grade 12 and has 427 students from 30 nations.
Meanwhile, The New Light of Myanmar, a state-run newspaper, reported on Wednesday that a 33-year-old female returnee on a flight from Singapore fell sick with flu-like symptoms and was transferred by the Department of Health to Waibagi Specialist Hospital on Tuesday.
Test confirmed the woman had been infected with the virus.
Passengers on her flight MI-518 and 131 airport staff are under medical surveillance.
A doctor near Rangoon noted that many border crossing areas of Burma do not monitor people entering the country for symptoms of swine flu.
“We are still in good shape with no deaths, but there will be more cases than are officially reported,” the doctor said. “But so far so good.”
Burma’s Ministry of Health has officially announced that 31 persons in have been infected with A H1N1; 25 have been released from hospitals. The rest are not in stable condition, according to the newspaper.
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