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Date: August 18, 2009, 12:54pm IST

As schools and theatres that were closed in Pune about a week before is about to reopen tomorrow. However, the government said the still the fear of the pandemic disease is increasing and so the school and cinema hall will remain closed till August 23. Indian Medical Association President Dr. Dilip Sarda has welcomed this step and he said that the H1N1 virus would remain the human body for about 7 days. Hence, the authorities have taken the right decision.

While Pune have decided to close the school for another week, Chicagoland government has made new rules to keep the students healthy. The government has said that the students who report to school with the temperature of 100 degrees will be sent to home without any exception. In addition, the students will not be allowed to attend the class till they recover from the fever fully.

The absenteeism will be tracked by the school nurse and they will report about the children health to the country health departments. The school teachers will continue to teach the students some common precautions such as washing hands and covering their nose and mouth while they cough and sneeze. The health supervisor Ellen Wolff said, “We’re on alert”.

With the governments of various state precaution to fight against the Swine flu virus the youths are bit scared of by getting affected by the swine bug. The death of the 27-year-old boy named Shilpa Hegde who died on Saturday in Bangalore has increased the fear of the youths. Though the number of the infected people is less in number compared to last week in Bangalore the youngster are rushing to Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases to test them whether they are affected by the H1N1 virus.

Devraj a software engineer aged 24 said that he had light headache and running nose so he want to make sure whether he has infected by the H1N1 virus or not. The four or five victims in the city were youth and this is the fact the youths are rushing at the swine flu screening centre.

A male in the military camp is the latest swine flu casualty and is the second person to die in the country. He died yesterday evening in the country’s eastern region. But the health executive gave a brief statement about the death only after 11pm last night confirming the death.