Schools in Narudhoo remain closed over dengue
Schools in all but one island in the Maldives reopened today after being closed for more than a month due to a severe dengue fever outbreak.
02 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
Schools in all but one island in the Maldives reopened today after being closed for more than a month due to a severe dengue fever outbreak.
Parents in Shaviyani Atoll Narudhoo refused to send their children to school today with some 11 reported cases of dengue and four people under treatment for dengue at present.
Abdulla Shafeeq, the president of the Narudhoo Island council, said parents wanted to keep schools closed for another week, due to fear of re-emergence of dengue and the spread of a separate viral fever.
Some 894 cases of dengue have been reported in the Maldives this year. Four people have died so far from the mosquito-borne disease.
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