Kuala Lumpur, June 22: Malaysia has ordered a school to be shut down for a week after one of its students infected her classmates with the swine-flu virus, news reports said Monday.
The primary-level school in the capital Kuala Lumpur, which has a total of 2,100 staff and students aged between 6 and 12, became the first school in Malaysia to be closed down due to the H1N1 virus.
"We have agreed to take action following set protocol after the meeting a few days ago. This is necessary to avoid the spread of the virus," Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said.
Muhyiddin, who is also education minister, said the school would be reopened after a week if the situation was deemed to be safe.
