Ancona, scabies epidemic among nursery children. Scabies is an infectious disease that affects the skin. This is caused by a small parasite, or rather by a mite, and causes intense itching. Unfortunately, you can become infected very quickly, creating real epidemics. Fortunately, with a series of preventive measures the problem can be solved quite quickly. Let’s see in detail what happened in the nursery in Senigallia (Ancona):
From what was found, it seems that in a nursery in Senigallia, a scabies epidemic was starting to spread among children. To combat the phenomenon, the Municipality of Senigallia ordered the closure of the structure for a few days. Here is some more information about the story:
Ancona, scabies epidemic among children: the municipality of Senigallia temporarily closes the nursery
Scabies is a source of great discomfort. Unfortunately, it is caused by a microscopic mite but what kind of intense discomfort. Among these we have intense itching, skin lesions, reddish papules. These can occur in different areas of the body. In the case of children, the scalp, face, neck, palms of the hands and soles of the feet may also be affected. It seems, therefore, it was necessary to close the nursery to eradicate this epidemic. Here’s some more information about what happened:
According to the first reconstructions regarding the matter, the place of interest in the event would be a nursery school. The nursery, called “Prato Verde”, received the closure order for a few days from the Municipality of Senigallia. The ordinance by the Municipality appears to have come following the expansion of cases of scabies among children in nursery school.
According to what was found, the communication appears to have arrived in the early hours of the afternoon of Wednesday 22 May 2024. This would provide for the closure of the Prato Verde nursery, located in via Pierelli 1, for two consecutive days. The latter would be the days of Thursday 23 May and Friday 24 May 2024. The closure would serve to prevent further infections among small children frequenting the place.
It seems that the aforementioned days will also serve to give the structure time to carry out suitable sanitization measures. In particular, environmental disinfestation and sanitization measures of the various fixed and mobile structures should be carried out in the next few hours. This operation appears to have been entrusted to a specialized external company.
