Phitsanulok nursery closed over HMF disease
A nursery in Phitsanulok was closed Thursday and Friday after a three-year-old girl was found to have caught hand-foot-and-mouth-disease.
Teachers and officials of the Ban Khao Samor Klaeng Child Development Centre in Moo 8 of Tambon Wang Thong in Phitsanulok’s Wang Thong district joined with tambon administrative organization’s (TAO) officials to clean up the school.
They washed toys and building to prevent the disease from further spreading.
Anon Chaengchai, director of education for Wang Thong TAO, said the toddler was taken to a doctor immediately after the nursery found that the toddler had the disease.
Anon said that the school would probably be reopened on Monday, but if it is decided that there is a continuing risk of the disease spreading, the nursery would be closed longer.
So far, 850 cases of HMF disease in patients have been reported in Phitsanulok. Most are children four years old and younger.