Early-childhood education (ECE) remains a top priority for parents with young children, despite the recent outbreak of a poorly known type of hepatitis, as many believe that two years of living with the COVID-19 pandemic have taught their children the importance of health protocols in school.

Twenty-nine-year-old Erni Trisnawati, a private worker, said that the hepatitis outbreak had “piled on more misery” for her and her six-year-old daughter, Kirei, who is soon moving up a grade in her kindergarten in Bekasi regency, West Java.

“Everyone is relieved that COVID-19 continues to decline; but now, we have the hepatitis outbreak. Whereas throughout the pandemic we were afraid for the elderlies, I’m now even more worried, since the hepatitis outbreak targets young children,” Erni said on Wednesday.

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courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Dio Suhenda (The Jakarta Post)

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