Don't take kids to Singapore: Thais<\/p>\n
BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand has urged parents not to take their
\nchildren to Singapore in the wake of a possible outbreak of a
\nlethal strain of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) there,
\nnewspaper reports said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The health ministry issued warned that children under 15
\nshould not travel to city state, where a four-year-old boy died
\nlast week after being infected by the strain.<\/p>\n
"If the trip cannot be canceled, please take care of the
\npersonal hygiene of all children traveling," the secretary
\ngeneral of the Communicable Diseases Control Department, Somsong
\nRukphao, told The Nation newspaper.<\/p>\n
Thai children traveling to Singapore should wash their hands
\nbefore meals and after touching objects in public places, such as
\nhandrails, Somsong said. The health official also discouraged
\nThai children from playing with Singaporean children and swimming
\nin public pools.<\/p>\n
In October, four Singapore children and four in neighboring
\nMalaysia died and more than 2,000 others were infected by the
\nsame enterovirus 71 (EV71) strain of HFMD.<\/p>",
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