Better hygiene

In the last few weeks, I have heard of many deaths of school children in Dubai, because of a viral infection (“Girls’ deaths in UAE: All three belonged to one district in Kerala, India”, Gulf News, November 30). In my opinion, we should teach our children the importance of washing hands before every meal. A flu can be caused by bacteria present anywhere and everywhere, and one way to protect our children is to train them to wash hands before every meal. Please highlight this issue. From Mr Jehanzaib Khan

Dubai UAE