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SINGAPORE: Since the discovery of an H1N1 flu cluster at a boarding school here, other schools with boarding facilities have taken steps to minimise the spread of the virus.
At Dunman High School, 30 boarders who have been quarantined due to the H1N1 flu are housed in isolation rooms. Another 20 have been moved to a separate hostel, as there is a lack of space at its Tanjong Rhu campus.
Principal of Dunman High School, Sng Chern Wei, said: "By providing services like meal services, laundry services and by having washing facilities inside the hostel quarantine rooms, they need not step outside the hostel quarantine rooms at all throughout the seven days.”
During this period, the students may also attend classes online. Large-scale gatherings have also been cancelled, while its 500 boarders now take their meals at different times.
The school hopes that hostel life will be affected as little as possible, should a student be found H1N1-positive.
Dunman High says it will lift the quarantine order for students on Monday.
Over at Hwa Chong Institution, ensuite isolation rooms have also been set aside, and meals will be delivered to those under quarantine to minimise contact with others.
Nine in 10 of its 700 boarders are foreigners, and so far, 12 boarders have been quarantined.
But most students are not too worried about catching the virus.
One student said: "We'll still go about our lives as normal, to watch movies together, and to socialise. There is no need to over-react."
However, group study sessions, which the school holds at its canteen every night, and other mass events, have stopped for the time being.
- CNA/yt
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