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Source: http://sdpnoticias.com/sdp/contenido/2009/08/03/459635
Google translation:
A class 9.2 million Argentines after pandemic influenza
August 03, 2009 - 11:10 --
Buenos Aires, Aug 3 (AP) .- More than nine million 272 thousand students in basic schools of Argentina returned to classes today after the four weeks that were absent due to the pandemic of human influenza.
The Argentine Minister of Education Alberto Sileoni said that there is no reason for parents fear that the resumption of classes represents a risk of infection for their children.
He added that reinforce prevention campaigns in schools, which are based mainly on the hygiene measures such as frequent hand washing and using alcohol gel.
In the manuals distributed by the government is also recommended to avoid physical contact between nine million 272 thousand students returned to classrooms, especially on the hands and greeting kiss.
Classes resumed Monday at 21 of the 24 provinces of Argentina because Tucum?n, La Rioja and Cordoba had already restarted the school last week.
The closure of primary and secondary schools was one of the first measures taken by the Argentine government since late last June began to multiply the deaths from influenza infections and human.
In the last official report of last July, which was the month with the highest number of cases in Argentina, the government acknowledged 163 deaths and 800 infections two thousand, although unofficial reports speak of up to 245 deaths a product of the flu.
The minister assured that if Sileoni last month and a half remaining before the end of the winter there is a resurgence of the pandemic, schools may return to Argentina close, but warned that the probability of this happening is minimal.
"The authorities have been emphatic that has worked hard during this break. There is no scientific reasons that prevent return to school, I ask you to believe the doctors," the official said.
Google translation:
A class 9.2 million Argentines after pandemic influenza
August 03, 2009 - 11:10 --
Buenos Aires, Aug 3 (AP) .- More than nine million 272 thousand students in basic schools of Argentina returned to classes today after the four weeks that were absent due to the pandemic of human influenza.
The Argentine Minister of Education Alberto Sileoni said that there is no reason for parents fear that the resumption of classes represents a risk of infection for their children.
He added that reinforce prevention campaigns in schools, which are based mainly on the hygiene measures such as frequent hand washing and using alcohol gel.
In the manuals distributed by the government is also recommended to avoid physical contact between nine million 272 thousand students returned to classrooms, especially on the hands and greeting kiss.
Classes resumed Monday at 21 of the 24 provinces of Argentina because Tucum?n, La Rioja and Cordoba had already restarted the school last week.
The closure of primary and secondary schools was one of the first measures taken by the Argentine government since late last June began to multiply the deaths from influenza infections and human.
In the last official report of last July, which was the month with the highest number of cases in Argentina, the government acknowledged 163 deaths and 800 infections two thousand, although unofficial reports speak of up to 245 deaths a product of the flu.
The minister assured that if Sileoni last month and a half remaining before the end of the winter there is a resurgence of the pandemic, schools may return to Argentina close, but warned that the probability of this happening is minimal.
"The authorities have been emphatic that has worked hard during this break. There is no scientific reasons that prevent return to school, I ask you to believe the doctors," the official said.