HFMD: The KB School is closed

HFMD: The KB School is Closed

Published: Sunday, July 15, 2018

Kota Kinabalu: A Kindergarten School in Kota Belud District Was Sentenced to Close for 10 Days After 18 His students were suffering from hand disease, foot-and-mouth disease and foot-and-mouth disease.

The director of the Sabah Education Department, Datuk Maimunah Suhaibul, said the students were in the same preschool class at SK Kiau. "The students were sent for treatment after we discovered that they were suffering from the disease."

"The kindergarten was also closed," she said.

Except the 18 primary school students "The four elementary students were instructed to rest and recover at home.

" The primary school does not have a school. was not closed, "said Maimunah.

In June, it was reported that nearly a thousand cases of HFMD had been registered in Sabah for the first half of 2018.

The Director of the Department of Health Public Datuk Dr. Christina Rundi said that there was an increase of about 27pc at the same time in 2017.

SJK (C) Cheng Hwa in Papar was closed for two weeks after that. a district health office diagnosed several students with HFMD in June

Though not lethal, HFMD can bring excruciating pain to children Raw, white ulcers can fill their mouths making them unable to eat [19659004] HFMD is infectious, especially in children in daycares and daycare centers.

The virus spreads when it comes in contact with the saliva, blisters and stools of patients, and most infections are mild with symptoms of fever and blisters on the hand, the foot, the mouth and the tongue.

Almost all patients with HFMD recover without treatment within seven to ten days.