The number of infections with the respiratory syncytial virus increased during the previous days clearly, which caused fear and anxiety of many parents and panic of students, and some called on the Ministry of Education and Technical Education to suspend studies until the situation is controlled in order to preserve the health and safety of students, but the Ministries of Education and Education stated The technical and health department stated that the respiratory syncytial virus is not new, and that it spreads at this time of each year, during the transition period from summer to winter, and that students and members of the educational staff must adhere to precautionary measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, including respiratory syncytial virus.
Urgent guidance from education on syncytial virus prevention
The Ministry of Education and Technical Education announced a set of procedures that must be followed inside schools and classrooms, in order to ensure the safety and health of students and limit the spread of infectious diseases. Among the most prominent directives of the Ministry are the following:
- Carrying out continuous disinfection and sterilization of school classrooms.
- Ensure that there is a health visitor inside the schools.
- In the event that symptoms of fatigue appear on the students, the student’s medical examination must be signed.
- If symptoms of a respiratory disease or infectious disease appear, the student must be isolated.
- Obligation to wear a mask inside educational facilities.
Symptoms of respiratory syncytial virus infection
The Ministry of Health stated that the respiratory syncytial virus mildly affects adults and older children and healthy people, and that the symptoms of the epidemic are similar to those of a common cold, and if the infection spreads to the respiratory system, the patient suffers from pneumonia or inflammation of the bronchi and small airways that enter the lungs. According to the Ministry of Health, symptoms of syncytial virus infection are as follows:
- severe cough
- Having difficulty breathing or breathing rapidly.
- A high-pitched sound when you exhale (wheezing).
- fever.
- Blueness in the skin, as a result of a decrease in the level of oxygen.
