kualalumpur Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) memaklumkan terdapat 317 kes positif Covid-19 dalam kalangan kanak-kanak 12 tahun ke bawah sehingga hari ini.
Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah berkata, daripada jumlah itu, 112 kes atau 35 peratus adalah dilaporkan dalam kalangan kanak-kanak berusia empat tahun ke bawah dan 22 kes membabitkan bayi berusia kurang setahun.
"Setakat ini tiada kes kematian positif Covid-19 dicatatkan dalam kalangan kanak-kanak bawah 12 tahun," katanya pada sidang media harian di Putrajaya, hari ini. Menurutnya, Selangor mencatatkan bilangan kes positif Covid-19 tertinggi dalam kalangan kanak-kanak bawah 12 tahun iaitu 77 kes, diikuti Negeri Sembilan , Johor , WilayahKatanya, kanak-kanak dan bayi memerlukan ibu bapa, penjaga dan ahli keluarga yang lebih tua untuk melindungi mereka daripada bahaya jangkitan Covid-19.
"Ibu bapa dan penjaga perlu memberi didikan kepada kanak-kanak supaya mereka dapat mengamalkan tahap kebersihan tinggi, sentiasa mencuci tangan dengan air dan sabun, serta sangat digalakkan memakai pelitup muka di kawasan umum," katanya.
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