Four Thai children develop symptoms like hand, foot and mouth disease

KANCHANABURI, July 10 – Four two-year-old children in a childcare centre in Kanchanaburi have developed symptoms similar to those of hand, foot and mouth disease and tests are being conducted to determine the virus strain.

After the cases were detected, the childcare centre at Chaichumponchanasongkram Temple in Kanchanaburi’s provincial seat, which accommodates 155 children, was closed for a week to investigate the source of the disease, Deputy Public Health Minister Surawit Khonsomboon said on Tuesday.

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