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Belen Daycare Reports H1N1 Case
Toddler Falls Ill, Diagnosed With H1N1
POSTED: 2:11 pm MDT September 5, 2009
UPDATED: 2:46 pm MDT September 5, 2009
BELEN, N.M. -- A child development center in Belen underwent massive sanitation efforts after a toddler, who attends the center, falls ill and is diagnosed with H1N1.
Staff at the center said they are taking no chances and making sure no other child catches the virus.
Every toy and doll at Parkside Child Development Center must be bleached, the walls and mats scrubbed down.
"These are blankets and pillows the kids had in the rooms. We're taking them to get them washed," school's director Yanette Yotter said.
Yotter said a child in the class Friday had a fever of 103 degrees.
She called his mom who then took the ill child to the hospital.
"She called us back to say he had H1N1 positive," Yotter said.
At that point, the teachers took all of the children out the building and brought them across the street to a park where their parents were finally able to pick them up.
In the meantime, every employee at Parkside promptly began a massive scrub-down from drinking fountains to plastic fruits and vegetables. Everything got a dose of bleach water.
"We need to protect every single child who came here because they can be exposed to it. We want to protect all of them," Yotter said.
The H1N1 virus has proven deadly and highly contagious in New Mexico.
No toy will be left unturned in the daycare.
Belen Daycare Reports H1N1 Case
Toddler Falls Ill, Diagnosed With H1N1
POSTED: 2:11 pm MDT September 5, 2009
UPDATED: 2:46 pm MDT September 5, 2009
BELEN, N.M. -- A child development center in Belen underwent massive sanitation efforts after a toddler, who attends the center, falls ill and is diagnosed with H1N1.
Staff at the center said they are taking no chances and making sure no other child catches the virus.
Every toy and doll at Parkside Child Development Center must be bleached, the walls and mats scrubbed down.
"These are blankets and pillows the kids had in the rooms. We're taking them to get them washed," school's director Yanette Yotter said.
Yotter said a child in the class Friday had a fever of 103 degrees.
She called his mom who then took the ill child to the hospital.
"She called us back to say he had H1N1 positive," Yotter said.
At that point, the teachers took all of the children out the building and brought them across the street to a park where their parents were finally able to pick them up.
In the meantime, every employee at Parkside promptly began a massive scrub-down from drinking fountains to plastic fruits and vegetables. Everything got a dose of bleach water.
"We need to protect every single child who came here because they can be exposed to it. We want to protect all of them," Yotter said.
The H1N1 virus has proven deadly and highly contagious in New Mexico.
No toy will be left unturned in the daycare.