PETALING JAYA: A complete of 180 nurseries, kindergartens and daycare centres have been closed as a result of unfold of hand, foot and mouth illness (HFMD) in Selangor as of Thursday (June 2).
Selangor public well being, unity, ladies empowerment and household committee chairman Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud stated the closure of the premises was made based mostly on the danger evaluation made by the respective district well being places of work (PKD).
She stated the choice to shut the premises was not made as a result of of the excessive quantity of HFMD cases in Selangor.
“The closure of the premises is predicated on the danger evaluation by PKD and doesn’t solely depend upon the quantity of cases,” she informed Sinar Harian on Friday (June 3).
Dr Siti Mariah additionally stated a complete of 18,164 HFMD cases have been reported in Selangor as of May 28.
However, solely 419 cases or 3% of the whole cases have been admitted to the hospital for additional remedy.
“A complete of 202 HFMD clusters have been reported, however all of them are nonetheless underneath management,” she stated.
