Month: October 2022

At least 13 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) were been reported at a school in Srinagar following which authorities issued a health advisory. A top official of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme(IDSP) while talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that 13 students have got affected so far and all are in the age group of 4 to 5 years. School administration was briefed properly about all the guidelines and they were asked to report immediately if there are any more such cases, he said. All these viral illnesses are self-limiting and isolation, proper hygiene, Cough etiquette, hand washing is key to success, he said, adding that tomato flu is a variant of HFMD. "Disease (HFMD) Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a human syndrome caused by ...