The killer virus panic closed the schools in Cambodia
All kindergartens and primary schools in Cambodia have been closed on July 18. Officials fear an outbreak of EV71, has killed 60 children in the country.
The information ministry has decided to close all kindergartens and primary schools of the kingdom for fear of an epidemic of the disease Hand, foot and mouth caused by Enterovirus 71 ( EV71 ). . "We know that the disease is dangerous for children, so we asked permission from the Prime Minister to allow them to stop ahead of schedule [holiday]," said Secretary of State for Education Van Mak, quoted in the Phnom Penh Post newspaper. 
The decision was taken to the large number of colds reported in nine provinces, raising fears of a spread. High fever and severe breathing difficulties are indeed part of the symptoms of which the World Health confirmed July 12 that it was indeed a virulent form of the disease Hand, foot and mouth, usually benign
Since April, about sixty young children - 52 according to the WHO and the Ministry of Health hospitals and 64 according to Kantha Bopha - were struck down by the virus, creating panic in the country neighbors . Thailand, in particular, refuses access to its territory to Cambodian children on its border markets and has also closed schools in Bangkok.
In Cambodia, WHO said that closing schools at this stage was not necessary and reminded doctors not to use drugs against-productive as cortisone. «"For WHO, it is clear that steroids should be avoided, especially for viral infections, because they mask the symptoms and make things more difficult," said the Phnom Penh Post Sonny Krishnan, head of communications of WHO in the kingdom. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fasie-info.fr%2F2012%2F07%2F18%2Fla-panique-du-virus-tueur-fait-fermer-les-ecoles-au-cambodge-56906.html
