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whoyg783 on Monday, November 09, 2009 10:00:50 PM
Over the past week, health authorities registered 303 instances of
swine flu, raising the total number of cases in the Kingdom to 2,003.
According to the ministry, 55 per cent of the
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The ministry indicated that there are 30 cases under treatment.
Currently, four nurseries and kindergartens are closed due to swine flu.
The ministry recently changed its policy towards school closures.
According to the new measures, students infected with the flu will be
given
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Under previous instructions agreed upon by the ministries of health and
education, in instances where one swine flu case was detected in a
school, the classroom where the case was confirmed was to be closed,
and if more than one case was
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In the case of kindergartens, the ministry will maintain the same procedures and will close the kindergarten for two weeks.