Hand-Foot-Mouth disease will cause significant problems during the coming months, more than 2,100 newly-infected cases having been reported in the past week, according to the Ministry of Health.
Hand-Foot-Mouth disease will cause significant problems during the coming months, more than 2,100 newly-infected cases having been reported in the past week, according to the Ministry of Health.
Last week a two year old from central Da Nang and a 10 month old from Ha Noi were reported to have died after being hospitalised with typical symptoms of the disease that include high fevers and blisters all over the body.
Ministry figures showed that out of more than 66,300 cases recorded nationwide, 119 had included fatalities.
Southern provinces were hardest hit with 90 per cent of infected patients dying, although the number of newly infected cases had reduced in 'hot' spots such as HCM City and Binh Duong Province.
Director of the ministry's Department of Preventive Medicine, Nguyen Van Binh, called on local authorities to strengthen their grip on the disease, saying that the ministry would focus on stamping it out altogether.
The ministry further urged authorities to increase awareness about the disease and ways to avoid it to prevent its spreading out of control.
(Source: VNS)
