The Ministry of Education and Technical Education called on the directors of educational directorates to apply all precautions to prevent and deal with respiratory syncytial virus and infectious diseases within educational classes, in cooperation with the governorate’s health directorate. In this context, the Minister of Health, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, confirmed that respiratory syncytial virus What affects children in the current period is not new and does not represent an epidemic like the emerging corona virus, but its problem is its rapid spread, appealing to parents not to send an infected child to school in order to preserve the safety of the rest of the students, because the infected child can infect the entire class.
Prevention of respiratory syncytial virus
Respiratory syncytial virus is considered a respiratory virus, which infects the lower and upper respiratory tract, and that respiratory syncytial virus infects children and can infect adults, and out of every 100 infected with syncytial virus, there are 99 of them who develop mild and moderate symptoms and may not need treatment.
The Ministry of Health pointed out that there is no antibiotic to treat the respiratory syncytial virus, and there is no vaccine once morest infection with it, due to the rapid development of the virus, and treatment is through obtaining antipyretics and pain relievers only with proper healthy nutrition and drinking warm fluids, but it can be prevented by taking Some precautions, such as washing hands, ventilating closed spaces, and stopping kissing children, and the Minister of Health indicated that 1: 2 out of every 100 children infected with syncytial virus need hospitalization to obtain oxygen and medical solutions.
Respiratory syncytial virus warnings
In the same context, the Ministry of Health urged parents to visit the doctor in the event of symptoms appearing on the child, and the necessity of presenting the affected child to the doctor, as well as isolating him until he recovers, with a focus on strengthening his immunity with warm drinks.