According to health experts, after initial panic, now Bangaloreans are learning to 'live' with the virus.

'As a knee-jerk reaction to the pandemic, several schools in the city initially decided to close campuses to keep the children safe from being infected by the virus. However, now they have adopted a more intelligent approach and some of them are even taking help from doctors to check the students at school campuses also,' Principal Secretary (Health) I.R. Perumal told IANS.

'Moreover, it does not make any sense to keep the schools closed for long and hamper studies. People should not panic and rather adopt preventive measures to keep swine flu from spreading further, added Perumal.

Several schools have also fumigated their campuses, in order to avoid taking any chances.

Along with schools, government and private offices, including large number of IT companies in Bangalore are taking all preventive measures to keep their offices free from the virus.

At IT companies, regular mails from seniors are educating employees of the preventive measures to be adopted to 'fight' the virus.

'Now, sick leaves are granted easily. Earlier lots of questions were being raised, if employees take leave for flu. Now, seniors are encouraging us to take rest and get ourselves checked properly if we have any flu-like symptoms,' software professional Dhiraj Dev Shah said.