BANGKOK, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Several schools in central and northern Thailand have been ordered to close after the outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease, local media reported on Friday.

    The Public Health Office in northern Lampang Province Friday ordered the Prachawit School to close its kindergarten classes after about ten kids were found to have contracted the disease, local news network The Nation reported.

    On Thursday, the office has ordered Assumption School in Lampang to close its kindergarten classes following the outbreak of the disease.

    Also in Lambang, local authorities on Friday ordered a nursery to close after 16 children there contracted the hand-foot-mouth disease.

    Meanwhile, in central Chon Buri Province, several schools in Sattahib district were ordered to be on alert following an outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease at a school.

    About ten students of Ban Sattahib School got the disease and receive treatment of two hospitals in the district, prompting the district health office to inform other schools to be on alert.