The VMRO-DPMNE branch in Sveti Nikole warns that, due to poor hygiene, the coxsackievirus is spreading among the children in a kindergarten in the city. The virus can cause dangerous brain inflammation.

The virus first appeared among the infants, and is now spreading fast among all children. The management and the Mayor were warned about this two weeks ago, but attempted to conceal the information and now up to 60 children are infected, said VMRO-DPMMNE representative Dejan Vladev at a press conference.

Vladev said that it was only after parents sought treatment that local medical care providers reported what is happening. A review of the kindergarten has been ordered, he added.