Kon: Winter break should begin early

President of the swine flu pandemic working group, Predrag Kon, said that it would be useful for school kids to start winter break earlier this year.

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Saturday, 12.12.2009.

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President of the swine flu pandemic working group, Predrag Kon, said that it would be useful for school kids to start winter break earlier this year. “We believe that it would be useful for prevention to make such a decision regardless of the fact that it might irritate some people—it must be done. If the situation improves, then we would repeal that proposal,” Kon told the Beta news agency. Kon: Winter break should begin early He said that there will be enough information available on Monday to make a decision on whether extraordinary measures will be taken, which will include closing schools early. He added that the working group has scheduled a meeting for Tuesday as well. Kon said that the epidemic will last several more months and that everyone should remain careful. He said that the proposal for having an early winter break in schools is an effort to avoid massive infections, and not the result of recent increases in serious respiratory infections in school children. He said that even if most healthy children would not be vaccinated by the end of the winter break, it would still be advantageous for the break to start earlier. He commended the cooperation with the Education Ministry and said that the working group recommends to parents not to send their children to preschools if they do not have to. The vaccination against the swine flu is expected to begin on Thursday, December 17, and the group with priority who will be vaccinated first includes people who have chronic illnesses. Predrag Kon (Beta archive)

Kon: Winter break should begin early

He said that there will be enough information available on Monday to make a decision on whether extraordinary measures will be taken, which will include closing schools early.

He added that the working group has scheduled a meeting for Tuesday as well.

Kon said that the epidemic will last several more months and that everyone should remain careful.

He said that the proposal for having an early winter break in schools is an effort to avoid massive infections, and not the result of recent increases in serious respiratory infections in school children.

He said that even if most healthy children would not be vaccinated by the end of the winter break, it would still be advantageous for the break to start earlier.

He commended the cooperation with the Education Ministry and said that the working group recommends to parents not to send their children to preschools if they do not have to.

The vaccination against the swine flu is expected to begin on Thursday, December 17, and the group with priority who will be vaccinated first includes people who have chronic illnesses.

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