HFMD: 57,510 cases reported from January to May 25, says Khairy

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PETALING JAYA: There were 57,510 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) reported in Malaysia from January to May 25, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

Khairy said this was an increase of 24 times over the same period last year, in which 2,333 cases were recorded.

"A steep increase in cases took place since April following the resumption of social activities, including schools and kindergartens reopening," he told a virtual press conference from the sidelines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday evening. From January to May 25, there were 1,370 cumulative outbreak incidences, consisting of 5,203 HFMD cases.Up until May 25, only two children with HFMD had to be warded in the intensive care unit after contracting the enterovirus 71 strain.

 

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