Cumulatively this year, 20,249 children have come down with this usually mild childhood infection, almost twice the annual norm seen in the last five years. Full story
Hand, foot and mouth disease still at epidemic level in Singapore
Xinhua, 26 Aug 2010
SINGAPORE, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hand, foot and mouth disease ( HFMD) continued to spread in Singapore, with the number crossing the 1,000 mark last week for the first time this year........ Last week, 1,261 children were diagnosed with the disease, up from 982 the week before. The number of cases has been at or above the epidemic threshold of 679 cases a week for the last eight weeks.
Cumulatively this year, 20,249 children have come down with this usually mild childhood infection, almost twice the annual norm seen in the last five years. Full story
Cumulatively this year, 20,249 children have come down with this usually mild childhood infection, almost twice the annual norm seen in the last five years. Full story
