All About HFMD

[torres79]

Ok, thanks

[BlurBee]

Thanks insider for this info.


Juz wondering whether the centre will delisted once the virus is cleared. :?

[Daddy D]

BlurBee:

Thanks insider for this info.


Juz wondering whether the centre will delisted once the virus is cleared. :?

The list is supposed be updated every Wednesday and Friday...
2 lists actually...
a list of closed childcare centres and kindergartens, (with start and end dates)
and those with prolonged transmission of HFMD.

[BlurBee]

Thanks, DaddyD.

[happydaddy]

This MCYS har… why they can’t issue a statement, kid who has HFMD, their sibling cannot go school too???


My son class, got one boy’s sis in another CC, got HFMD. But this boy is perfectly ok, but to play safe, we write in our concern to the centre, the centre say MCYS is ‘ok’ to let the boy in and there is nothing they can do?? what is this?%$%Q^$#

And the parents still send him to school…inconsiderate… $%$@#$#^

[mrswongtuition]

I know what you mean. Some people are very irresponsible.


My neighbour staying opposite keep bringing her girl over to my house when her girl had HFMD! And she did not tell us her girl had HFMD! If she told us, I won’t let her come over.

Thankfully when she came over, I was busy and she only came up to my door. Plus my boy was out for enrichment classes. I quickly told my maid to sterilise my whole front door.

Then I saw them bringing their girl to the supermarket and coffeeshop! And it’s not like it’s because there’s no one to look after her. They have a maid and both husband and wife were at home!

When my boy had HFMD last year, I did not even go to school and stopped tuition for a while too. Did not want to pass it to my students or their siblings.

[CatTy 007]

Oh my gosh!! How can they bring the kid out?? It’s no wonder the Hfmd cases keep going up. Ppl are always like that. Wait till there’s fatal cases then they’ll be scared. Haiz…

[ChiefKiasu]

HPB did issue a warning a month back on the expected epidemic for HFMD coming up in September. Hopefully parents will do their part in helping stop the risk of infection by exercising their common sense and civility. Remember that your child can get re-infected even if he or she recovers from an earlier attack.

[3Boys]

happydaddy:

This MCYS har... why they can't issue a statement, kid who has HFMD, their sibling cannot go school too????


My son class, got one boy's sis in another CC, got HFMD. But this boy is perfectly ok, but to play safe, we write in our concern to the centre, the centre say MCYS is 'ok' to let the boy in and there is nothing they can do?? what is this?%$%Q^$#

And the parents still send him to school....inconsiderate... $%$@#$#^

Errr.....

why shouldn't a sibling of a HFMD child attend school? Is there evidence that they are infective?

[3Boys]

insider:

3Boys:

Errr.....

why shouldn't a sibling of a HFMD child attend school? Is there evidence that they are infective?

There may not be any hard evidence but in my experience, sibling has a higher chance of being infected if the other one is having HFMD. Think average about 60% of siblings are infected.

It all boil down to the home hygiene of a family. If parents are careful not to let the siblings mix and play together, then chances of infection is lower. But as we cannot tell which family has better hygiene practice and which one doesn't, so to play it safe and be considerate, parents should keep sibling at home.

PS: When my two older kids were younger and in same centre (more than 10 years ago). Brother also infected sister when having HFMD. Just so difficult not to let them play together for that number of days.

On the other hand, some parents may feel that one infected and one not infected, so better to send the non-infected one to centre to reduce the probable contact time of the children. But for the sake of the majority kids in a centre, parents may want to send the non-infected child to another caregiver (a lot of hassles I know) but then the caregiver, if with own kid, may worry about whether this 'non-infected' child may indeed be a carrier and may infect own kid. Several possibilities.

My final take is all siblings of same centre should stay at home for social responsibility purposes. It is very inconvenient for families when a centre closes for a stretch of 10 days and all must chip in to avoid this from happening as far as we can...

Appreciate your input.

Certainly, the risk of a sibling contracting an infection is high, that is a given. However, until he is demonstrating signs of infection, is he actually infective to other children? I think that is the key question.

Further, one needs to calibrate the measures according to the impact and severity of illness. Certainly, say it was SARS, then pull out all stops and institute draconian HQOs for all contacts. For HFMD, impact is a lot lower, so one needs to balance risk of transmission vs impact on families, which is how I think the MOH/MCYS is viewing this. I am of the view that this is a reasonable approach and parents who take advantage of it are not in remiss.

Of course, personal hygiene at home is paramount.