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?

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

1)
HFMD is spread by contact with those who have the disease, or by getting the virus into your body somehow. some preventive measures taken are to ensure that children wear mouth covers and wash their hands regularly.

2)
i think that childcare centres will face a serious problem if the case escalates. for one thing, parents will be more reluctant to let their children out for fear that they might contract the disease. also, if one child at the childcare centre has contracted HFMD, most of the children inside will also get struck by it, leading to an epidemic.