Malaysia: 2015 HFMD

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Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com/borneo...ring-the-year-of-the-goat-celebrations-88903/


Borneo: Concerns of hand-foot-mouth disease spread during the Year of the Goat celebrations
Posted by Robert Herriman on February 22, 2015

Health officials in Borneo say they have reported a three-fold increase in hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) this year compared to 2014 and this has prompted Malaysian health authorities to urge the public to be vigilant as the mass movement of people during the Lunar New Year may cause an even larger increase in the viral disease, according to a Borneo Post report...

 

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Source: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/13/director-hfmd-outbreak-declared-in-sarawak/

Director: HFMD outbreak declared in Sarawak
by Peter Boon, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on March 13, 2015, Friday

SIBU: An outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) has been declared in the state, with the Health Department beefing up efforts to curb the spread of the contagious disease.

In confirming this yesterday, Sarawak health director Datu Dr Zulkifli said most of the cases occurred in Kuching, Miri and Sibu.

Kuching district had the highest cumulative cases at 787, followed by Miri (672) and Sibu (663), he disclosed.

Until early March this year, he said, 631 cases of HFMD were recorded while the cumulative figure for Sarawak stood at 3,631 thus far...