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US$1.2 MLN FOR PROVIDING H1N1 PREVENTION KITS TO SCHOOLS
JOHOR BAHARU (Malaysia), July 27 (Bernama) -- The Education Ministry is
allocating
RM3.6 million (US$1.2 million) to provide Influenza A(H1N1) infection prevention
kits to schools in Malaysia.
Its deputy minister Dr Wee Ka Siong said the allocation for the
distribution of thermometers, face masks and liquid sanitisers to all schools
was decided through the 3K (Kebersihan, Kesihatan dan Keselamatan) or
Cleanliness, Health and Safety Committee meeting recently.
"This is the best step in the ministry's effort to prevent H1N1. Wearing
face masks and using sanitisers are also part of an exercise in hygiene among
students," he told reporters after attending a briefing on H1N1 developments
at the Johor Education Department, here, Monday.
Johor Baharu is the capital city of southern Johor-state in Peninsular
Malaysia.
Wee said the ministry's Finance Division had already approved the
allocation and the State Education Departments were expected to receive the kits
soon for distribution to schools.
He said every school would receive a thermometer while the number of masks
and sanitisers supplied would depend on the number of students in a school.
In the latest development, he said, a secondary religious school - Sekolah
Menengah Kebangsaan Agama, Johor Baharu in Taman Johor Jaya, here, was ordered
to be closed for a week from Monday after three of its students tested positive
with H1N1.
He said the school's closure was the second in Johor since Sekolah
Menengah Teknik Perdagangan Johor Baharu was closed last week, after 51 of its
students were diagnosed with influenza-like illness.
Wee said thorough preparations were also being made for the main
examinations in schools with H1N1 outbreak, with the invigilators instructed to
place students infected with the virus in dedicated rooms to sit for the
examinations.
"The UPSR (Primary School Evaluation Test) examination will take place from
Sept 8 to 10, followed by all other main examinations. We have also come up with
several alternatives in conducting the examinations while facing the pandemic,"
he said.
-- BERNAMA
allocating
RM3.6 million (US$1.2 million) to provide Influenza A(H1N1) infection prevention
kits to schools in Malaysia.
Its deputy minister Dr Wee Ka Siong said the allocation for the
distribution of thermometers, face masks and liquid sanitisers to all schools
was decided through the 3K (Kebersihan, Kesihatan dan Keselamatan) or
Cleanliness, Health and Safety Committee meeting recently.
"This is the best step in the ministry's effort to prevent H1N1. Wearing
face masks and using sanitisers are also part of an exercise in hygiene among
students," he told reporters after attending a briefing on H1N1 developments
at the Johor Education Department, here, Monday.
Johor Baharu is the capital city of southern Johor-state in Peninsular
Malaysia.
Wee said the ministry's Finance Division had already approved the
allocation and the State Education Departments were expected to receive the kits
soon for distribution to schools.
He said every school would receive a thermometer while the number of masks
and sanitisers supplied would depend on the number of students in a school.
In the latest development, he said, a secondary religious school - Sekolah
Menengah Kebangsaan Agama, Johor Baharu in Taman Johor Jaya, here, was ordered
to be closed for a week from Monday after three of its students tested positive
with H1N1.
He said the school's closure was the second in Johor since Sekolah
Menengah Teknik Perdagangan Johor Baharu was closed last week, after 51 of its
students were diagnosed with influenza-like illness.
Wee said thorough preparations were also being made for the main
examinations in schools with H1N1 outbreak, with the invigilators instructed to
place students infected with the virus in dedicated rooms to sit for the
examinations.
"The UPSR (Primary School Evaluation Test) examination will take place from
Sept 8 to 10, followed by all other main examinations. We have also come up with
several alternatives in conducting the examinations while facing the pandemic,"
he said.
-- BERNAMA
