Overview

• Delhi’s Directorate of Education urged parents to keep symptomatic children home after alerts on fever, hand‑foot rashes and mouth blisters.
• Monessen City School District notified families of five confirmed cases at its elementary school and launched daily deep cleaning of classrooms, high‑touch areas and buses.
• Doctors in Delhi report steady increases in pediatric visits, with one hospital logging roughly 10–12 HFMD cases a day during the monsoon season.
• Clinicians reiterate that there is no specific antiviral therapy and recommend hydration, pain and fever control, rest and strict home isolation.
• Experts say the virus spreads through saliva, mucus, feces, blister fluid and contaminated surfaces, making handwashing and not sharing items essential to limit transmission.