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Sharp spike in HFMD cases, says Health DG
By Dawn Chan - May 5, 2022 @ 6:00am
Up to 22,463 hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases were reported nationwide until the 17th epidemiological week (April 24-30) from which, 96 per cent were children aged below 6. - File pic
Up to 22,463 hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases were reported nationwide until the 17th epidemiological week (April 24-30) from which, 96 per cent were children aged below 6. - File pic
KUALA LUMPUR: Up to 22,463 hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases were reported nationwide until the 17th epidemiological week (April 24-30) from which, 96 per cent were children aged below 6.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the statistics marked a sharp spike of 12.8 times more compared to the same period last year, which saw only 1,752 cases.
HFMD, he said, had infected 96 per cent or 21,508 children below 6; while 729 others, or three per cent, were aged from 7 to 12.
A chart shared by Dr Noor Hisham in a statement today showed the remaining one per cent or 193 cases involved adults aged 18 to 55...
Sharp spike in HFMD cases, says Health DG
By Dawn Chan - May 5, 2022 @ 6:00am
Up to 22,463 hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases were reported nationwide until the 17th epidemiological week (April 24-30) from which, 96 per cent were children aged below 6. - File pic
Up to 22,463 hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases were reported nationwide until the 17th epidemiological week (April 24-30) from which, 96 per cent were children aged below 6. - File pic
KUALA LUMPUR: Up to 22,463 hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases were reported nationwide until the 17th epidemiological week (April 24-30) from which, 96 per cent were children aged below 6.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the statistics marked a sharp spike of 12.8 times more compared to the same period last year, which saw only 1,752 cases.
HFMD, he said, had infected 96 per cent or 21,508 children below 6; while 729 others, or three per cent, were aged from 7 to 12.
A chart shared by Dr Noor Hisham in a statement today showed the remaining one per cent or 193 cases involved adults aged 18 to 55...
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