HFMD cases increase in Singapore

Xinhua, 13 Aug 2010
SINGAPORE, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The number of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases is on the rise in Singapore with some 900 cases reported last week alone, local media reported on Friday.
This brings the total number of cases since the start of this year to 18,000, or 67 percent higher compared to the same period last year.....Of the cases notified this year, about 65 percent occurred in children aged less than five years old. Full story