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Singapore: 2015 HFMD

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/more-hand-foot-and-mouth/1727416.html


More Hand, Foot and Mouth disease cases this year
POSTED: 19 Mar 2015 22:22

SINGAPORE: More children in Singapore have been afflicted with Hand, Foot and Mouth disease (HFMD) in the last 11 weeks, compared to same period in 2014.

Latest figures by the Ministry of Health showed that just last week, there were 609 cases, almost twice the number of cases compared to the same period last year...
 
Source: http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/hfmd-cases-50-higher-last-year


HFMD cases 50% higher than last year
But increase in common childhood disease that is endemic to S?pore is not a cause for concern, doctors say
By Alfred Chua
Published: 4:17 AM, June 17, 2015

SINGAPORE ? The number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases as of mid-June has exceeded 14,000 ? nearly 50 per cent higher than during a similar period last year. However, doctors say this is not a cause for major concern, given that most cases are relatively mild strains of the virus.

The figures saw an uptick from early April, peaking at 1,004 cases in the week of May 24 before easing off...
 
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