Health minister confirms three swine flu cases in schools

SANA'A, Oct. 19 (Saba)-
until now, three swine flu cases have been discovered in schools in Hajjah, Aden
and Sana'a
capital, minister of public health and population confirmed on Monday.
During his inspection visit along with Minister of Education Abdul Salam al-Jaofi
to Akhwan Thabat Girl secondary School in Sana'a capital, the minister inspected
the preventative
actions taken by the school such as cleaning and spreading the knowledge about the
virus.
Yemen has recently taken further measures to combat the pandemic of H1N1 after it
continued to surge bringing the country's total to almost 1000. 13 deaths, however,
were
reported from the flu.
Among the measures taken was dispatching teams to raise awareness about the
pandemic among the students and the troops.
AH