For three days now, educational institutions in Hong Kong, including the Jewish school, have been closed due to a particularly violent strain of influenza has developed in recent weeks, killing more than 120 people.
The symptoms are similar to those of the common flu: colds, fever and cough, but all are more severe and the duration of the disease is longer. Chen Shtetman, an emissary of the World Bnei Akiva movement from the Samarian Jewish community of Kedumim, said that 10 of the school's approximately 100 students are sick and many parents were afraid to send their children to school.