HFMD Scare...

Guess we were really very lucky that Celest was not infected else it would be madness at home. Actually got her slight running nose to be thankful for. The events happened quite fast & after one another...Let me recap back...

Sept 29 Mon

Celest was having slight running nose & thus was being sent back from school.

Sept 30 Tue

Today was the Children's Day Party but i didn't let Celest go to school as i wanted her to rest 1 more day. Got 1 case of HFMD reported today.

Oct 2nd Thur

Celest went to school today. Received a call from her teacher asking me to pick her up earlier as she's having slight running nose again. They also said that there were 3 new cases reported & thus advised me to bring her home as her immunity is low. Later in the evening received news that 1 more new case. Decided to let her skip school the next day as quite a number of cases now & hopes that the spreading will stop over the weekend.

Oct 6th Mon

Today didn't let her go to school as wanted to monitor the situation first...Luckily we didn't as there were 5 new cases today.

Oct 7th Tue

Received the official email that the school will be closed with effect from tomorrow. The email was being sent at 9pm+ & i heard that some parents were unhappy about the sudden closure. Earlier in the day, I called back to check on this matter as i knew that it should be quite near their trigger level. Ms Shikin told me that they are awaiting replies from MCYS & MOH and only after hours, I received the email. She said that the trigger level was between 11-15 & depends on case-by case basis. There were 1 more cases reported bringing it to 11 now.

Oct 8th Wed - School close

Oct 10th Fri

Today got 1 more new case but it's from the K1 level as the boy has a siblings from the PN class. To date, total of 12 cases.

Oct 20 Mon - School reopen