Ministry warns of foot and mouth disease spread
The Ministry of Health has asked people across the country to take protective measures against hand, foot, and mouth disease after data from the ministry’s General Department of Preventive Medicine showed that over 2,100 people had contracted the disease in 57 localities this year. Nonetheless, the total number of cases is still 38.6 per cent lower than in the same period last year. Most of the cases were recorded in the south, the department said. In HCM City, more than 30 people fell ill during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays. In Hà Nội, Nguyễn Thiện Hải, deputy head of the Việt Nam National Hospital of Pediatrics’ Infectious Diseases Department, told the Voice of Việt Nam online newspaper that the hospital was treating several children with hand, foot, and mouth disease.
