Charlie had a high fever a couple of weeks ago, so we took him out of school. After about 4 days off school we were ready to take him back, but the school informed us that they had closed as a number of the children had fevers. There was no mention of H1N1.
Over the last few days about 5 schools in HCMC have been closed due to H1N1 outbreaks and Charlie's school has just informed us that they won't be reopening until 15 August.
H1N1 is still rare in Vietnam with only about 500 confirmed cases so the government is still trying to contain it. Looks like they are fighting a losing battle though.
Charlie is fine now, but we are being careful with him and not taking him to swimming pools, etc.
From what I can gather H1N1 doesn't sem to be all that much different from normal flu, but I summise it is getting so much attention, particularly in the UK, as it is going to have a much larger economic effect than normal flu.
Normal flu kills old people. As old people are financially a burden on society it may be quite financially benefical for the country if they die. H1N1 kills young people and this has huge adverse economic impacts.
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