Straits Times E-Forum Reflection
Secondary 3E / 3NA

Term 2 Week 3 (9th April)

Article: “HFMD cases near epidemic level”– ‘Home’ Section (Pg B3)

1) How does HFMD spread and what are some of the preventive measures that the childcare centres and kindergartens have taken to ensure that the disease is contain?

Affecting mainly children aged 10 years and younger, it is spread through bodily fluids, which is why it can be passed quickly among young children who share toys that they may have put into their mouths.

Childcare Centres and Kindergartens are taking precautions to avoid spreading the virus by spending more money clean the premises after each session to avoid outbreaks. Besides that, children are now trained to wash up and clean their hands and mouths before classes and meals.Childcare centres and Kindergartens have been ordered to close, as the cases are spread out rather than clustered in any one particular area.

Children who are suspected to have contracted to have the diseases are immediately sent home and their parents are asked to send them to the doctors immediately.

2) In your opinion, what implications will the childcare centres face if the HFMD issue escalates further?

In my opinion, i think that it will cause troubles several effects such as closing it down and clean the whole place. Or there will be people going to the place to check their cleanness.

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