Education director Mario Lundy

THE Education Department has confirmed that it has no plans to close any further schools next week because of swine flu.

Yesterday it was announced that Helvetia House School had been forced to shut its doors for at least two days, following the outbreak of two more cases of the virus in the Island.

There were also fears that the disease had spread to Les Quennevais secondary school.
However, the department confirmed yesterday afternoon that all other schools – including Les Quenenvais – would be continuing to operate normally and would be open as normal next week.

Education director Mario Lundy said that the department was currently working ‘very closely’ with Public Health. ‘The health of pupils and their families is obviously our prime concern,’ he said. ‘We would like to reassure parents that we are working closely with the Public Health Department, and will continue to do so to ensure that health considerations are at the fore in the management of this situation.’

Three cases of the flu have been confirmed so far. The first person has recovered and the other two are receiving treatment.