: Out of 65,535 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease reported as of May 28 this year, only three were admitted to the intensive care unit ward so far, according to the director-general of Health Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
“The third case has been transferred to the regular ward on May 27 for further monitoring, while the first and second cases are still under close monitoring in the ICU,” he said in a statement here today. Selangor still has the highest number of cases at 18,525 cases , followed by Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya with 8,088 cases , Perak with 5,810 cases , Kelantan 4,905 cases , and Sabah 4,077 cases .
“The majority of the outbreaks occurred in child nurseries, kindergartens and pre-schools followed by private homes and also childcare centres ,” he said.Dr Noor Hisham stressed the importance of gatekeeping screenings on children at nurseries, kindergartens and pre-schools, as well as other early childhood education centres to detect symptoms of infectious diseases including HFMD.
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