Overview
- Regional health authorities in Lambayeque confirmed more than 30 hand, foot and mouth disease cases in recent weeks across Santa Rosa, Chongoyape, La Victoria and urban Chiclayo.
- UGEL Chiclayo suspended in-person classes at School No. 10017 in Santa Rosa after a confirmed student case, moving roughly 500 students to virtual learning as a precaution.
- Parents at the Fe y Alegría preschool in Chiclayo reported suspected infections and pressed for a pause to classes, and local education officials said response steps are underway.
- In Huánuco, regional officials ordered preventive class suspensions and carried out disinfection and fumigation in early childhood schools to cut transmission.
- Health leaders said most patients are under five and advised handwashing, home isolation of sick children and basic supportive care because there is no vaccine and illness usually lasts one to ten days.