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Egypt’s Health Ministry assures parents that Hand, foot, and mouth disease is not serious
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Egypt Independent
The official spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar, assured that recent reports about some students at Alsun International School in Saqqara, Giza contracting Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is nothing to worry about.
In a phone interview with Extra News on Tuesday, Abdel-Ghaffar stressed that the disease is not serious and is a common and mild virus that resolves spontaneously without the need for any intensive medical intervention.
The Ministry of Health and Population, in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Technical Education, does not recommend closing any schools or classes due to these cases.
Abdel-Ghaffar explained that HFMD is not a single virus, rather a symptom caused by a group of common intestinal viruses which are particularly common among children under the age of five.
The characteristic symptoms of the disease include a high temperature and the appearance of ulcers on the hands, feet, and around the mouth, distinguishing it from common colds that affect the respiratory system.