Schools reopen after flu outbreak
Schools in the capital reopened on Sunday after a health alert issued in response to a seasonal outbreak of the flu and viral fever was cancelled last week.
04 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
Schools in the capital reopened on Sunday after a health alert issued in response to a seasonal outbreak of the flu and viral fever was cancelled last week.
After reopening last week, the government was forced to close all schools in Malé and some islands affected by the H1N1 strain of influenza after most parents kept their children at home.
Attendance was as low as 10 to 20 percent in some schools.
With parents sceptical of the authorities’ claim that the outbreak was under control as the H1N1 death toll rose to six, the Health Protection Agency assured in a statement on Thursday that the public health situation is now back to normal.
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