By Jessica Jaganathan

SCHOOLS will reopen as scheduled next week, unless there is a big change in the way the H1N1 virus is transmitted here.

Public events like the Asian Youth Games, the National Day celebrations next month and the Formula One race in September will also continue as planned, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday.

He acknowledged that reopening the schools at the end of the four-week mid-year break will raise the risk of local transmission from infected students fresh from vacations overseas.

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