July 10, 2012 5:47 pm
Thailand-The Public Health Ministry on Tueday instructed schools and nurseries nationwide to close if they find that students in five classes or more have contracted hand, foot and mouth disease.
The move follows reports that at least 64 children in Cambodia died after being infected with enterovirus 71, know to cause the disease, since April this year.In Thailand, about 10,813 children are believed to have caught the disease during the most recent outbreak but there were no reports of any fatalities.
Disease Control Department director general Dr Pornthep Siriwanarangsan said the strain of hand, foot and mouth disease currently spreading in the country is not a virulent one.
It is recommended that children with fever, blister-like lesions on the tongue, gums and inside of the cheeks, and a pimple-like rash on the hands and feet be taken to a clinic for treatment.
About 20,000 nurseries have been told to suspend classes if they find that two or more children have been infected with the virus. School who find infected students in five classes have been told to close. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Disease-warning-for-schools-30185866.html
