HFMD cases increase rapidly

03:10, 15/10/2013

(ĐN)- According to the report of Dong Nai province’s Health Department, the province recorded 400 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in the first two weeks of October, a fourfold increase compared with whole September.

(ĐN)- According to the report of Dong Nai province’s Health Department, the province recorded 400 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in the first two weeks of October, a fourfold increase compared with whole September.

Director Cao Trong Nguong of the provincial Preventive Healthcare Centre recommended that medical centers as well as households, kindergartens and schools across the province should engage more actively to prevent HFMD. Accordingly, washing hands many times a day with soap and clean water will help to prevent the infectious disease.

Reported by P.L