Students to get thermometers

Wed, 23 Apr 2003 | Source: AP

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Education will distribute as many as 500,000 thermometers to the city-state's students so they will be able to check themselves for fever every day to prevent the spread of SARS, local media reported on Tuesday.

The campaign will be launched in elementary schools next week and then extended to high schools and junior colleges, said Singapore NewsRadio 93.8.

The report quoted education minister Teo Chee Hean as saying the move was intended to teach the island's students about SARS and also to help them educate their families.

Students will keep a log book of their temperature fluctuations and those who develop a fever will be asked to leave school, the report said.

Of the reported 184 SARS cases in Singapore, 16 have died. -- AP

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