Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome
grabs a mop and scrub brush to help wash the floor in front of the Wat
Chaimongkol Nursery School, as more than 1,000 young Pattaya children
were given checkups and city officials cleaned floors to help prevent
new outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease.
Surasak Huasoon
More than 1,000 young Pattaya children were given checkups and city
officials cleaned floors to help prevent new outbreaks of hand, foot and
mouth disease.
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome led the July 16 “big cleanup day” at Wat
Chaimongkol Nursery School, with a medical team from Pattaya Hospital,
staff from the city Public Health Department and officers from the
Surveillance and Rapid Response Team.
Medics checked 1,089 kids for the virus and other ailments and,
afterward, kids and adults cleaned the school, which saw the mayor
pushing a mop.
Teachers and administrators also were shown proper hand-washing
techniques and other tips to prevent the spread of hand, foot and mouth
disease, which primarily attacks children.
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a common viral illness that usually
affects infants and children younger than 5 years old. However, it can
sometimes occur in adults. Symptoms include fever, blister-like sores in
the mouth, and a skin rash. The disease is caused by viruses that belong
to the Enterovirus group, which includes polioviruses, coxsackieviruses,
echoviruses, and enteroviruses. The current outbreak is caused by
Enterovirus 71.
A serious nationwide outbreak in Thailand killed two and infected more
than 17,000 in 2012.
Medics checked 1,089 young
Pattaya children to help prevent new outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth
disease.
