(with photos) AMMAN, Sept 27 (KUNA) -- A total of 1.6 million Jordanian students went back to schools on Sunday amid extreme precautions to combat the swine flu disease which infected around 120 students forcing the closure of a number of schools and kindergartens.
The Jordanian government disinfected the schools and the water tanks during the Eid holiday and prepared awareness programs to prevent the disease from spreading further.
All the swine flu infected students recovered and left the hospitals, Jordanian Health Minister Nayef Al-Fayez said in a press release, adding that precaution measures are ongoing as the students are returning back to their schools.
The precaution measures state that if a case was discovered the classroom will be shut down for a week, where as if two cases occurred then the entire school will be closed for two weeks till new preventive measures are set.
Meanwhile, around 180,000 college students are return to classes today amid assurances by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Walid Al-Ma'ani that academic institutes and universities will not be closed even if swine flu cases were discovered.
The Ministry of Higher Education formed committees in the Jordanian colleges to monitor the disease and to organize awareness campaigns in coordination with the Health Ministry.
Around 3,000 Kuwaiti students study in the Jordanian colleges. (end) ab.mar KUNA 271006 Sep 09NNNN