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This is an archive article published on August 12, 2009

Mumbai on flu alert; schools,colleges,multiplexes shut

All schools and colleges in Mumbai will stay closed for a week,while theatres and multiplexes will remain shut for three day.

With swine flu cases rising in Maharashta,the state government ordered closure of all schools and colleges in Mumbai for a week and cinema theaters for three days on Wednesday.

A senior government official said the decision was taken as a precautionary measure in the wake of rising cases of deadly viral infection in the state,which has recorded 11 swine flu deaths so far.

Several city schools,including Rims International in Andheri,J B Vacha School in Dadar and Dhirubhai Ambani School in Bandra Kurla,Arya Vidya Mandir,Utpal Sangvi School in Juhu and Cathedral school had already announced their closure for a week on August 10.

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The state government had on Monday ordered closure of schools and colleges for a week in worst-affected Pune.

Theatres and multiplexes in the city were also shut for three days.

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