Health: protecting ourselves from flu and germs

Around us there are tiny living things we cannot see: microbes. They can be seen only through an instrument that makes things look bigger: a microscope. The word “mikros” means “small” in Greek. Some microbes are useful, some bring illness. The textbook begins Saida Ibodinova’s story “Suhrobjon va Mikrobjon”, in which a boy who dislikes washing meets the idea of microbes.