因为在学生中出现了新的大肠杆菌感染病例，英国南威尔地区的一所幼儿学校已于近日被关闭。此前，大肠杆菌感染已影响到了该地区的42所学校，并导致1人丧生。

    据英国《每日邮报》11月6日报道，Abercynon幼儿学校在此前的大肠杆菌大规模爆发中，并未受到影响。但卫生官员在最近进行的检查中却发现该校一些学生出现了新的病例。但卫生官员拒绝透露有多少学生感染上了此种病菌以及他们现在的病情究竟如何。

    现在，该校全体64名学生将在家中接受测试，学校也已被迫关闭。当地卫生官员表示，关闭学校是他们针对这次“意外情况”采取的防范措施。本周末，那些焦急的家长们则受学校之邀参加了一个相关的问答会议，参与会议的还有疾病发作控制小组。该小组发言人表示，“Abercynon幼儿学校已经过了清洁和消毒等程序”，“周一，老师们将和往常一样前往学校。学生经过测试，证明身体状况良好后也能重返学校”。

    报道说，上个月，附近地区的一名5岁男童就因为感染上了0157型的大肠杆菌而丧生。

    A second South Wales valleys school has been closed after health officials found new cases of the E.coli bug among pupils.

    Abercynon Infant School, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, was previously untouched by the E.coli outbreak which has affected 42 schools and claimed one life.

    Health officials refused to say how many pupils have been affected or what their condition is. Now all 64 pupils at the infant school are to be tested at home.

    Last month five-year-old Mason Jones, from Deri, near Bargoed, in the Rhymney Valley, died in hospital after contracting the 0157 strain of E.coli.

    Health officials stressed that the latest closure was a precautionary measure taken in what they described as "exceptional circumstances".

    But anxious parents have been invited to a private question and answer session at the school with the Outbreak Control Team (OCT) over the weekend.

    An OCT spokesman said: "Abercynon Infants School has been given the enhanced cleaning and disinfection that is given to all schools where someone with symptoms compatible with E.coli have been identified.

    "Teachers will be at the school on Monday as normal. Pupils will be able to return as their tests show they are clear."

    The latest enforced closure of a school is the second since the outbreak began in September. Last month Glenboi Primary School, in Rhondda, closed for several days while officials tested children.

    A South Wales Police investigation into the outbreak, launched after the death of Mason Jones, is continuing.