Health expert calls for closure of all schools without water

ALL schools without water should close, and people should continue to wash their hands to prevent the spread of swine flu, a public health expert has warned.

Dr Elizabeth Keane, the HSE South’s director of public health, was speaking at a media conference in Cork called by the management committee of the crisis team responding to the flood emergency.

Some 18,000 homes on the city’s northside are expected to be without water for at least a week.