About 200 primary school children from various schools in
Thembalethu in George in the Western Cape have been sent to clinics following a
suspected scabies outbreak.
The district health department’s spokesperson Nadia
Ferreira says all the children were examined after reports of itching of the
skin.
A few children have been diagnosed with scabies. However,
no infectious diseases like measles or chickenpox were found.
Ferreira added that most of the children are healthy and no
specific cause for itching could be determined.
Western Cape Government Health and Wellness is working
close with the provincial Education Department to assess the situation and send
treatment to schools.
The environmental health practitioner teams says they are visiting the schools to assess the cause
Done by Lizeka Tsotetsi
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