University-wide class suspension ruled out
By Mary Athena D. de Paz and Adrienne Jesse A. Maleficio
The A(H1N1) flu virus has arrived in UST, but Thomasians are not taking matters sitting down.
Following a new Department of Health memorandum, the school has modified its preparedness plan against the flu virus, refusing to immediately suspend classes and operations in infected areas.
Four Thomasians have gone down with the virus as of June 24, prompting school officials to shut down four buildings for at least a week.
As per government protocol, the patients were not identified. Health Service director Maria Salve Olalia said they were now “recovering.”
Despite the four cases, Secretary General Fr. Isidro Abaño, O.P. said there would be “no university-wide suspension of classes in compliance with the DOH directive.”
Olalia said three of the patients had traveled abroad while the fourth one from the Faculty of Engineering was supposedly infected by a friend from another university. read more »