The Department of Health says that it is not conclusive whether the Nipah virus is causing people to become ill in Cagayan de Oro, even after one of the schools expressed concern about it
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Four of Cagayan de Oro’s biggest private schools reverted to online classes due to a surge in the number of people with flu-like symptoms in the city
One of the schools, Liceo de Cagayan, said it decided to hold online classes beginning on Wednesday, September 27 to avoid “contamination by the new Nipah virus.” Dr. Alain Marc Pelaez Golez, Liceo de Cagayan president, said the suspension of face-to-face classes would remain “until further notice.” DOH-Northern Mindanao Director Ellenietta Gamolo said, “While there are indeed cases of students and faculty experiencing similar signs and symptoms, it is not conclusive to declare such a virus as the causative agent.”Evelyn Mosqueda, Lourdes College principal, said their campuses in downtown Cagayan de Oro and Barangay Macasandig would be disinfected, and she instructed their students not to go to school.
Mark Alfonso del Fierro, Corpus Christi school director for operations, said the school decided that online classes would be conducted among their pre-schoolers, elementary, and high school students from September 27 to 29 as a precautionary measure.
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