KUWAIT CITY, July 31: Manager of Epidemic Control Department at the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Rapporteur of the Joint Higher Committee for Swine Flu Control Dr Musab Al-Saleh has revealed the higher and technical committees will discuss in its next meeting a proposal to suspend classes if the number of swine flu cases in the country escalates to an unprecedented level at the start of the new academic year, reports Al-Dar daily. Clarifying the Ministry of Education (MoE) is not ruling out the possibility of suspending classes as the situation is expected to get worse, Al-Saleh stressed the MoH is ready to face any possible outbreak in schools. He said the ministry has tightened measures at the entry points to monitor the health condition of those who will return from their summer holidays abroad, affirming employees assigned at the entry points have been instructed to postpone their holidays. He added the government has allocated a budget of KD 5 million for combating swine flu.
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