Mumbai, August 10: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) appealed to school authorities that if they find any suspected case of H1N1 or any similar symptoms they must inform the parents who in turn must get their children tested for Swine flu if necessary.
“We have asked that teachers and staff members must report Swine flu related cases or any similar symptoms like cold, cough, fever and running nose to their parents and they get their children tested for it and must take rest for seven to 10 days,” Additional Municipal Commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar said.
According to civic officials, Rims International in Andheri, J B Vacha School in Dadar and Dhirubhai Ambani School in Bandra Kurla complex have been closed down for a week.
Several other schools have been closed down in the city including Arya Vidya Mandir school and Utpal Sangvi school in Juhu, Cathedral school at Peddar road and St Dominic Savio in Andheri. The schools have been closed as a precautionery measure to check the spread of the air-borne H1N1 virus, sources said.
Ten school children have tested positive for H1N1 of which eight are from city and two are from Navi Mumbai.
Those tested positive for H1N1 are – three school girls from Rims International in Andheri, one from J B Vaccha in Dadar, one from Dhirubhai Ambani school in BKC, one from Thane, one from St Dominic Savio school in Andheri, two from Navi Mumbai and one from Lonavala.
—Agencies