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China this year has more than 11 cases of hand, foot and mouth cases
Source: Xinhuanet | Time: April 9, 2009
Xinhua Beijing Xinhua April 10 (ZHOU Ting-yu, Ding Ning to) from the beginning of the year to April 7, China reported a total straight through the network of hand, foot and mouth case report 115,000 cases, of which 773 cases of severe, 50 cases of death. This is the director of the Information Office of China's Ministry of Health on the 10th-Hua Deng a routine press conference in the figures released.
According to statistics, in March 2009 the national network through the direct reporting system of communicable diseases reported cases of hand, foot and mouth disease is 54,713 cases, 31 cases of death.
Reported cases is a relatively large number of Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Guangxi, Anhui, Guangdong, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan and Zhejiang, which reported 10 per cent of the total number of cases the number of cases 80% of the cases reported mainly in infants and young children , 5 years of age accounted for 94.8%, 3 years of age accounted for 77.6%.
Deng said, the current hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic or mainly in rural areas. And the incidence of the disease this year than in previous years has been ahead of schedule, space cases occurred mainly in two regions: Shandong, Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu at the junction of the region; Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan's local area. These two regions showed a trend of high incidence.
"Mainland China's hand, foot and mouth disease is still in a rising stage, the next period of time will increase the number of reported cases, in 5-7 months may reach a peak." Deng said.
Deng-hua pointed out that at present the majority of provinces, including Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, have been set up to take the lead in the provincial health administration departments of the hand, foot and mouth disease the leading group, set up a hand, foot and mouth disease and the group of experts designated hospitals. "The Ministry of Health will continue to pay attention to the national epidemic of hand, foot and mouth disease, the guidance and support to do a good job around the hand, foot and mouth disease prevention and control work."
Ministry of Health also announced on the 10th of March 2009 the statutory report of the national infectious diseases. The report shows that in March 2009, the National (not including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao) A non-infectious diseases, deaths have been reported.
Category B infectious diseases in addition to infectious atypical pneumonia, polio, human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza and diphtheria no disease, death reports, the remaining 21 species were reported in more than 35 cases of morbidity, mortality 1109; and the report of the incidence a few of the top five followed by viral diseases, tuberculosis, syphilis, dysentery, and gonorrhea, B infectious diseases accounted for the total number of reported incidence of 94.95%.
Over the same period, were reported in the National Class C 120,000 cases of infectious diseases, the death of 35 persons. The number of reported incidence of the disease the first three followed by hand-foot-mouth disease, other infectious diarrheal diseases and mumps, or C of the total number of reported incidence of infectious diseases 86.23 percent.
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Source: Xinhuanet | Time: April 9, 2009
Xinhua Beijing Xinhua April 10 (ZHOU Ting-yu, Ding Ning to) from the beginning of the year to April 7, China reported a total straight through the network of hand, foot and mouth case report 115,000 cases, of which 773 cases of severe, 50 cases of death. This is the director of the Information Office of China's Ministry of Health on the 10th-Hua Deng a routine press conference in the figures released.
According to statistics, in March 2009 the national network through the direct reporting system of communicable diseases reported cases of hand, foot and mouth disease is 54,713 cases, 31 cases of death.
Reported cases is a relatively large number of Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Guangxi, Anhui, Guangdong, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan and Zhejiang, which reported 10 per cent of the total number of cases the number of cases 80% of the cases reported mainly in infants and young children , 5 years of age accounted for 94.8%, 3 years of age accounted for 77.6%.
Deng said, the current hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic or mainly in rural areas. And the incidence of the disease this year than in previous years has been ahead of schedule, space cases occurred mainly in two regions: Shandong, Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu at the junction of the region; Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan's local area. These two regions showed a trend of high incidence.
"Mainland China's hand, foot and mouth disease is still in a rising stage, the next period of time will increase the number of reported cases, in 5-7 months may reach a peak." Deng said.
Deng-hua pointed out that at present the majority of provinces, including Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, have been set up to take the lead in the provincial health administration departments of the hand, foot and mouth disease the leading group, set up a hand, foot and mouth disease and the group of experts designated hospitals. "The Ministry of Health will continue to pay attention to the national epidemic of hand, foot and mouth disease, the guidance and support to do a good job around the hand, foot and mouth disease prevention and control work."
Ministry of Health also announced on the 10th of March 2009 the statutory report of the national infectious diseases. The report shows that in March 2009, the National (not including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao) A non-infectious diseases, deaths have been reported.
Category B infectious diseases in addition to infectious atypical pneumonia, polio, human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza and diphtheria no disease, death reports, the remaining 21 species were reported in more than 35 cases of morbidity, mortality 1109; and the report of the incidence a few of the top five followed by viral diseases, tuberculosis, syphilis, dysentery, and gonorrhea, B infectious diseases accounted for the total number of reported incidence of 94.95%.
Over the same period, were reported in the National Class C 120,000 cases of infectious diseases, the death of 35 persons. The number of reported incidence of the disease the first three followed by hand-foot-mouth disease, other infectious diarrheal diseases and mumps, or C of the total number of reported incidence of infectious diseases 86.23 percent.
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