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Dengue: No PE for Pahang students

Schools in the State have been ordered to cease all outdoor physical education lessons to prevent students from being exposed to Aedes mosquitoes.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakub said the move was necessary as such lessons, especially in the late afternoon, were held when the mosquitoes carrying the dengue virus were active.
The State Health Department has advised that the danger posed by mosquitoes was at its peak between 6am and 8am, and 4pm and 7pm.
Adnan, who is also State Health Committee chairman, said the Education Ministry would be informed of the State Government's decision tomorrow.
"We are not taking any chances and will do everything necessary to lessen the risk of students being infected by the disease," he said after a meeting with Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development Minister Datuk Khaled Nordin today.