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Posted:2018-09-29 03:12:01 UTC-07:00
Another British child has caught hand, foot and mouth disease on the Spanish island of Majorca, sparking fears of an 'outbreak' among parents. Emilia Marchant, eight months, caught the infection on the plane home, her mother claims, and developed blisters and a rash across her body. Her case comes just days after it was revealed two Glaswegian toddlers caught the virus while staying at a hotel on the island. Figures from the affected hotel show 48 people have been struck down with hand, foot and mouth disease in Majorca in the last two weeks. However, other hotels have reported cases. The infection causes blisters and rashes and is common among children under 10. It is not the same as foot and mouth, which affects animals. Davina Marchant, a mother-of-two from South Cave in East Yorkshire, was visiting her parents in Majorca along her Emilia. But just four days after the 29-year-old returned home, she realised Emilia had woken from a nap with a fever and, by the next day, had blisters and a rash on her body. After realising her daughter had hand, foot and mouth disease, Ms Marchant wouldn't have travelled if she had known there was an outbreak, she told The Sun. Ms Marchant said: 'I'm convinced she contracted it on the plane and it's scary because it looks like the disease is spreading. 'There were loads of children on the plane and just four days after landing in the UK Emilia woke up from a nap with a high temperature. 'The following morning she was covered in blisters and a huge rash - it is all over her torso.' The eight-month-old had only recently had an operation to treat kidney problems with which she was born. 'Airlines need to be doing more,' Ms Marchant told The Sun. 'There were no signs up explaining what had happened at the hotel. 'Just like schools and nurseries I think airlines should have a duty of care to notify passengers when someone has travelled on their planes and contracted an illness not long afterwards, or if there is an outbreak at a destination.
'If I hadn't searched hand, foot and mouth and seen all the articles on Majorca I still would be wondering how on earth she had got it.' Emilia's case comes just days after two other families reported their children catching the disease from the three-star Club Mac Hotel in the north of the island. Three-year-old Nevah MacIntyre developed the tell-tale rash after just five days in the sunny resort with her family. And her five-month-old sister, Milla, also fell ill when the family returned home to Glasgow. Their mother, 25-year-old Danielle MacIntyre, said: 'On day five, my eldest was sick and started to get cold symptoms. 'Her temperature was high and she had a runny nose - it was terrible. 'And when I approached the onsite doctor about it the following day he had said she was dehydrated.' Ms MacIntyre, a care assistant, said she knew that was a 'lot of nonsense' because Nevah had drunk plenty of liquids during the trip. But on the day the family was due to fly home, Nevah's condition worsened and she developed red spots all over her feet and hands. Once home, Ms MacIntyre noticed Milla also appeared unwell so she took her daughters to a doctor who confirmed they both had hand, foot and mouth disease. Ms MacIntyre added: 'I know getting this disease is very possible but I just don't get why we were not warned. 'They obviously didn't want to put it out there which is why they want to put it under wraps.' Charlie Fordham, 26, from Romford in Essex also took her family to the same hotel and her 17-month-old daughter caught the infection. She told The Sun: 'The blisters were everywhere. All over her leg, arm and bum - I showed people pictures and they've said it's the worst example of hand, foot and mouth they've seen.' She shared her story after reading about Gareth Garmson, 34, from Birmingham, who she had met while on holiday at the resort - Mr Garmson's two-year-old son, Curtis, had also caught hand, foot and mouth disease. The infection is caused by a virus and spreads quickly through physical contact, coughs and sneezes, and contact with faeces. It is most common among children under 10 years old and, although, it is not serious, can cause unpleasant blisters and rashes on the skin.
In a statement, Club Mac Hotel said: 'We're working with our resort teams and customers to do everything possible to reduce the spread of this highly contagious viral infection. '48 people have been confirmed with the infection since 11 September. In September we have had over 12,000 guests staying at Club Mac, with 0.4 per cent of them having the hand foot and mouth virus. 'There are a number of actions that we as a resort are taking to help prevent the spread of the disease and that our customers can do as well. 'Cleaning and disinfection is being carried out throughout the complex, by all departments.' Dr Sarah Jarvis, GP and clinical director of patient.info, said it was 'absolutely' possible the disease had spread to other locations on the island. She said: 'Unfortunately kids can stay infectious for several weeks so if they've been to the beach they can spread it to other kids. 'I get it at the clinic in the UK all the time, if you think about how it spreads, it's almost inevitable.' The Foreign Office does not mention ongoing cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in its travel advice.
Event summary
Epidemic Hazard in Spain on September 29 2018 10:12 AM (UTC).
CAP HEADER Base data Geographic information Number of affected people Biohazard information
Common Alerting Protocol information
Category Health Medical and public health
Certainty Observed Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Scope Public For general dissemination to unrestricted audiences
Severity Moderate Possible threat to life or property
Urgency Past Responsive action is no longer required
Base data
EDIS Number EH-20180929-64843-ESP
Event type Epidemic Hazard
Date/Time September 29 2018 10:12 AM (UTC)
Last update September 29 2018 10:18 AM (UTC)
Cause of event
Reliability of information Authentic source : Information from trusted source (newspapers, emails, websites). Reliability: at least 70%
Damage level Is not or not known Damage level
Affected area State wide level : Event affected onestate (province).
Geographic information
Continent Europe
Country Spain
County / State Balearic Islands
Area Majorca-wide
Settlement
Coordinate 39.70, 3.02
Number of affected people / Humanities loss
Dead person(s) 0
Injured person(s) 0
Missing person(s) 0
Evacuated/rescued person(s) 0
Affected person(s) 0
Foreign people 0
Biohazard information
Biohazard level 2/4 - Medium
Biohazard description Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. "Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures", see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents.
Disease, agent name Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD)
Infected person(s) 4
Species 1
Status 1
Symptomes
