Sung Hong Yeol 2.5 times last year...an emergency in the possibility of a pediatric cluster
Jun 04, 2025
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According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, scarlet fever is an acute fever disease caused by Group A Streptococcus pyogenes, which begins with sudden fever, headache, vomiting, abdominal pain, and sore throat, and shows a typical rash after 12 to 48 hours. It occurs mainly in children in winter and spring, and more than 80% of all patients are under the age of 10 each year. As of the 24th of last month, 86.8% of children under the age of 10 reached this year.
It is known that a large-scale epidemic usually repeats every three to four years, but there has been no major epidemic since the outbreak of 22,838 people in 2017 due to the impact of social distancing measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first requested that children's group facilities such as kindergartens, daycare centers, and schools follow infectious disease prevention rules such as hand washing and observing cough etiquette to prevent scarlet fever, and to periodically disinfect frequently contacted environmental surfaces.
Parents were advised not to visit a medical institution as soon as possible if they had suspected scarlet fever such as sudden fever, headache, vomiting, abdominal pain, sore throat, or rash, and if they were diagnosed with scarlet fever, they should not attend group facilities such as kindergartens for at least 24 hours after starting antibiotic treatment.
Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ji Young-mi, said "For prevention, it is of paramount importance to follow preventive management rules in parents and collective facilitiesHe emphasized that `" scarlet fever is a common childhood disease that can be easily treated with antibiotics, and if your child shows symptoms of infection, you should be treated quickly.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
