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Scabies outbreak suspends classes at a preschool in Dourados
A scabies outbreak has suspended classes indefinitely at the Recanto Raízes preschool in Dourados, in Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state.
The outbreak has affected 40 people at the centre: 24 children and 16 staff members.
Eighteen have recovered, while the others are being treated; officials also identified six reinfestations and five recent new cases.
The closure is meant to stop transmission and allow full cleaning, after two earlier suspensions failed to contain the outbreak.
Scabies is caused by a mite and spreads mainly through direct skin contact; health officials say it is not linked to poor hygiene.
Another nearby preschool has also recorded cases, and officials say treatment must include affected households as well as cleaning shared spaces and belongings.
A scabies outbreak led a preschool in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, to suspend classes indefinitely starting Wednesday, November 11.
Forty people at the Recanto Raízes center were diagnosed: 24 children and 16 staff members.
The city said the suspension is intended to stop transmission and allow the premises to be fully disinfected.
The municipality reported that 18 of the diagnosed people had recovered and the others were still being treated.
Cases were also reported at another school in the same region.
- Who
- Forty people at the Recanto Raízes preschool were diagnosed, including 24 children and 16 staff members.
- What
- Classes were suspended indefinitely after a scabies outbreak.
- When
- The suspension began Wednesday, November 11.
- Where
- The Recanto Raízes center in Jardim Água Boa, Dourados, in Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state.
- Why
- The city said the suspension would help interrupt transmission and allow the premises to be fully disinfected.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Classes at the center had already been suspended on two other occasions, but the municipality said this had not been enough to stop transmission.
The preschool began an indefinite suspension of classes to interrupt transmission and allow disinfection.
- Diagnosed at Recanto Raízes
- 40 people
- Children diagnosed
- 24
- Staff diagnosed
- 16
- Reported recovered
- 18 people
- Location
- Jardim Água Boa, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul
What people are saying
The biggest problem is that some families do not follow the correct treatment and also do not disinfect the environment where they live, causing the disease to continue circulating.
It is not enough for the Ceim administration to refer children for medical care if the environment where they live is not also disinfected and the other residents are not treated.