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Hand-foot-and-mouth alert issued
2011-06-19 18:55
The government issued an alert against the rapidly spreading hand-foot-and-mouth disease on Saturday, asking nurseries, kindergartens and medical facilities to take extra care to prevent the infection of children.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the HFMD diagnosis rate marked 21.1 per every 1,000 outpatients last week, marking a sharp increase from 9.8 per 1,000 last month.
?The disease is quite common at this time of the year. But this year, the spread is unusually fast and high. Last year at its peak, it only marked 12.8 per 1,000,? the center said in a press release.
The authorities asked families and facilities with children under 6 years old to take extra care on personal hygiene to prevent further spread of the disease...
Hand-foot-and-mouth alert issued
2011-06-19 18:55
The government issued an alert against the rapidly spreading hand-foot-and-mouth disease on Saturday, asking nurseries, kindergartens and medical facilities to take extra care to prevent the infection of children.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the HFMD diagnosis rate marked 21.1 per every 1,000 outpatients last week, marking a sharp increase from 9.8 per 1,000 last month.
?The disease is quite common at this time of the year. But this year, the spread is unusually fast and high. Last year at its peak, it only marked 12.8 per 1,000,? the center said in a press release.
The authorities asked families and facilities with children under 6 years old to take extra care on personal hygiene to prevent further spread of the disease...