Some 180 cases of Slapped Cheek Syndrome have been reported since April to date. Answering a parliamentary question tabled by the Nationalist Party MP Clyde Puli, the Minister for Health, Godfrey Farrugia said that while the number of cases reported is spread in 27 localities across Malta and Gozo; six cases were reported in both Kercem and Victoria and 27 in Mellieha. Some 90 cases were recorded in other schools; Birkirkara, Santa Venera, Mosta, Xghajra, Zurrieq and Attard; while a few isolated cases