School holidays extended by one week
SocietyUlaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ At its meeting on January 6, the Cabinet decided to extend
the school holidays by a week in Ulaanbaatar regarding the incidence rate of
flu and flu-like illnesses, which compared to last year increased by four
percent in the capital city.
Currently, children
under the age of 16 make up 92 percent of the total inpatients, of which 85 percent
are children under the age of four. The Health Ministry concluded the illnesses
might persist when school starts.