Overview
- Lambayeque’s health office reported 420 cumulative hand, foot and mouth cases by epidemiological week 19, with most in Chiclayo and clusters in schools and nurseries.
- An epidemiology report from Hospital San Juan de Dios confirmed 113 cases in Pisco through week 18, and local authorities said there are no hospitalizations, referrals or deaths.
- UGEL Piura confirmed more than 20 cases across at least five schools in Piura and Castilla, including IE 1392 Las Capullanas and Los Almendros.
- Education units and regional health directorates are coordinating school surveillance, sample taking and cleaning protocols, and any class suspensions will follow case-by-case health evaluations.
- Ayacucho’s health directorate reported cases and instructed families to keep diagnosed children at home until skin lesions crust, often 7–14 days, stressing handwashing and surface disinfection to cut spread.