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Mumbai to Shut Cinemas, Schools as Swine Flu Spreads (Update3)
By Paresh Jatakia and Saikat Chatterjee
Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Mumbai, India’s commercial capital, will shut schools and movie theaters as swine flu-related deaths jumped, ignoring federal government advice to keep educational institutions open.
Schools will close for seven days from tomorrow and malls and movie halls for three to contain the virus, Prajakta Lavangare, a director general of the Maharashtra state government, said today.
India allowed privately owned hospitals to treat swine flu cases as the number of locally transmitted cases surged, putting pressure on government-run hospitals that were earmarked to treat flu patients. Deaths caused by the virus have risen to 17 since the health ministry reported the country’s first fatality in Pune on Aug. 3. .
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