Thailand: 2013 HFMD outbreaks

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Source: http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=960678

Thailand On Alert Against HFMD

BANGKOK, July 3 (Bernama) -- Public health officials in Pranburi district of Prachuap Khiri Khan province are now on high alert to contain outbreaks of the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among children, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.

Siripan Kleebjan, chief of Pranburi's public Health office, told reporters on Wednesday that two children in Pranburi's Wang Pong sub-district were confirmed to have contracted the communicable HFMD...

 

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Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Hand-foot-mouth-disease-claims-18000-victims-30210343.html

Hand foot mouth disease claims 18,000 victims
The Nation July 13, 2013 4:51 pm

A number of 18,181 people were infected by the hand foot mouth disease in the past six months, according to the Public Health Ministry.

There was no death case, said Public Health Minister Pradit Sintawanarong...

 

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Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nat...-disease-still-present-in-Bangk-30210420.html

Hand, foot and mouth disease still present in Bangkok
The Nation July 15, 2013 1:00 am

Bangkok residents have been cautioned against the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease among young children, with up to 11,000 people nationwide contracting the disease from January to June.

Dr Wanthani Wattana, director of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's Health Office, said up to 1,676 patients in Bangkok had fallen to the disease, but no lives had been lost...

 

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Source: http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNDAT5608130010001

MOPH raises alert for hand, foot & mouth disease after 24,000 infected
Date : 13 สิงหาคม 2556

BANGKOK, 13 August 2013 (NNT) ? The Minister of Public Health has ordered all public health offices and hospitals to keep intense monitoring of the hand, foot and mouth disease after the number of sickened children has risen in excess of 20,000...

 

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Source: http://www.pattayamail.com/news/pub...er-hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-outbreak-29602

Public Health Minister worries over hand, foot, and mouth disease outbreak
Saturday, 24 August 2013 By NNT


BANGKOK, 22 August 2013 Public Health Minister Pradit Sintavanarong has expressed his worries over the hand, foot, and mouth disease situation in Thailand as over 27,000 cases have been found this year.

Minister Pradit said he was concerned about children?s health as the statistics, collected from January 1st to August 19th, shows that there were 27,400 hand, foot, and mouth infections during the period, which accounted for nearly 43 of every 100,000 people, adding that the disease has already claimed one life...