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KUALA LUMPUR : Health Minister Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad said parents should act as "guardians" by ensuring that children with FMD symptoms are quarantined and not sent to the school
. "The number of MMPD cases that are spreading is scary, but we can limit this problem by guarding at school entry points," he said.
"The epidemic, reported previously among schoolchildren in Penang, Kedah and Pahang, had begun to spread to Kuala Lumpur."
Meanwhile, a class at SK Taman Tun Dr. Ismail (2) here with 36 students received the order to close for 10 days after four boys were infected. 19659002] A Ministry of Education official confirmed cases of HFMD involving third grade students.
"According to an opinion of the Kepong District Health Department, only the classroom was closed to allow cleaning and disinfection other
However, school activities were allowed to continue as d. usual, Bernama reported.
On Wednesday, the Director General of Health Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said that there was an increase in HFMD, with 35,886 cases reported between the 1st January and July 23.
HFMD spreads through contact with nasal secretions, saliva and feces, and vesicle fluids from an infected person.
An Infected Person by HFMD is Most Contagious during the course of the disease, without known treatment, except for the relief of symptoms such as fever, sore throat, mouth ulcers, rashes or lethargy
In JOHOR 2,215 cases have been reported entry January and July 21. The state recorded 1,607 cases during the same period last year.
Dr. Sahruddin Jamal, chairman of the Johor Health, Environment and Agriculture Commission, said that no casualties had been reported. rtens and preschools, and urged operators of these facilities to temporarily close for cleaning and disinfection.
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