The health officials requested the parents and educational authorities to adopt hygienic measures to control the spread of an eye disease, which is a viral infection among children.
Upul Rohana, the President of the Public Health Inspectors Association said that the spread of the eye disease among children in some areas has developed into an epidemic.
Eye redness, tearing and inflammation of the eyes are among the common symptoms of this disease.
Mr. Rohana requested the parents to refrain from sending children with those symptoms to school.
