Overview

• Baja California’s Education Secretariat paused basic-education classes on Friday in Tijuana, Tecate, Playas de Rosarito, Ensenada and San Quintín, excluding Mexicali and San Felipe, to carry out intensive cleaning and set school health protocols.
• Schools are implementing sanitary filters at entrances to check for symptoms, with administrators, teachers and parents participating in disinfection campaigns to prepare for a safe return.
• Puebla officials reported 201 confirmed hand-foot-and-mouth cases across 29 localized outbreaks this year, with active surveillance continuing in municipalities including Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla city, Tlachichuca and Libres.
• Health agencies note the virus primarily affects young children and is typically mild, with guidance centered on hygiene, keeping sick children home and symptomatic care; no deaths have been reported in recent outbreaks.
• A pediatric infectious-disease specialist advised isolating ill students, closing affected classrooms for at least seven days and reinforcing cleaning, while Tamaulipas health authorities refuted a viral social-media alert about a supposed epidemiological warning.