Pre & Primary Schools in Southern Province Closed Due to Viral Disease

Ministry of Provincial Education announced  that all preschools in the Southern Province will remain closed this week while the primary section of other schools situated in the areas where the disease is spreading will close for two-days from today because of an unidentified disease spreading in the Province.

All preschools would be close from today (22) to May 27 while the primary section of schools will be closed today and on Wednesday, Provincial Education Secretary Y. Wickramasiri said.

Several children under one year and elderly people who were infected with the unidentified viral disease have died and at least 600 people are receiving treatment at several hospitals in the region.

However, Chief Epidemiologist Anil Dissanayake ruled out the need to close the schools in the Southern Province as a precautionary measure amid the viral flu spreading in the area.