Schools shut down with conjunctivitis outbreak

Kathmandu: Bharatpur metropolis has closed the schools for five days after an outbreak of conjunctivitis (eye infection).

Issuing a public notice on Sunday, the metropolitan city closed down the operation of all public and private schools. Mahendra Prasad Poudyal, the Municipal Education Officer, said that all the schools operated in the boundary of the metropolis would be closed between August 7 and 11.

He shared that the leave would be adjusted from the winter and summer holidays. Cases of eye infection have been widespread in Chitwan. Ratnanagar municipality in Chitwan also closed all the schools due to the outbreak of the infection.

Ratnanagar municipality requested the private schools operating classes up to grade 12 to shut their operation from August 7 onwards for a certain period. The municipality has also asked the schools to conduct eye infection sensitization before it issued a public notice for the closure of schools.

Earlier, Khairahani municipality in Chitwan decided to close down educational institutions to check rising cases of eye infection among students. The municipality decided to shut the schools on Sunday and Monday.

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