College wants to prevent spread of swine flu among students
College wants to prevent spread of swine flu among students
St Xavier's College that hosts Malhar, one of the most popular college festivals in the city, has decided to act before it's too late.
The college has declined outstation students from participating in Malhar this year because of the swine flu scare.
MiD DAY had front-paged a report on August 8 on how 50,000 students, including those from Pune, expected to attend popular festivals Malhar and N M College's Umang, face the risk of contracting swine flu because
the organisers had not planned any precautionary measures to tackle the deadly H1N1 virus.
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Participants from local colleges must get a clearance from their college principals to participate in Malhar.
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We are closely monitoring the situation and will take all the necessary steps to protect the students of participating colleges."
The college is also contemplating restrictions for visitors at the festival. "Pass distribution for visitors has been put on hold.
Students will have to wait until further instructions are issued," said Shweta Radhakrishnan, Malhar committee member. Organisers of Umang declined to comment.
Stay Away
The Maharashtra government has urged people with swine fu symptoms to stay away from crowded places during Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi and Ramzan.
"Those with flu symptoms like cold, fever and cough should desist from going to crowded places during these festivities," said Chief Minister Ashok Chavan.
More Schools Shut
Cathedral and John Connon School said yesterday that it would stay shut till August 19 after a kindergarten girl student tested positive for the H1N1 virus.
The school's annual event, the Cathedral Model United Nations conference, was also postponed indefinitely.
Other schools that have been shut are RIMS International at Juhu, J B Vaccha school in Dadar, Dhirubhai Ambani International School at BKC, St Domnique Savio High School at Andheri, A K Joshi High School in
Thane, Sinhgad Institute at Lonavla, Apeejay School at Nerul and Navi Mumbai Municipal School number 6 at Nerul.
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