Two kindergartens closed after students found infected with disease
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Two kindergartens in Yala have been closed after their students were found infected with hand, foot and mouth disease, Dr Peerapong Paowanasutipaisit, director of Yala Hospital said Thursday.
The doctor said the hospital from May 23 until today has treated 28 students from the kindergartens in the province’s Yala municipality and found they were infected with the disease.
“It is likely that the number is increasing. So we suggest to the two kindergartens where the disease was found to suspend the class to prevent the disease from spreading to the whole schools,” the director said.
“It is likely that the number is increasing. So we suggest to the two kindergartens where the disease was found to suspend the class to prevent the disease from spreading to the whole schools,” the director said.
He did not reveal the names of the kindergartens. Of the 28, 25 children were of the first school while the rest were of the second one.
Closing the school will also facilitate officials concerned to visit the schools to inspect the places and seek the ways to cease the disease.
The director also recommend parents to monitor their children and if they have symptoms of the disease they should immediately bring their children to see the doctors.
