Tien Giang recorded over 1,985 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease

ABO - According to Tien Giang Center for Disease Control, by mid-October, 2019, the province recorded 1,985 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, an increase of 4 percent over the same period in 2018. It is forecast that the hand, foot and mouth disease tends to increase due to the nature of transmission.

Patients with hand, foot and mouth disease treated at Tien Giang Center General Hospital. Photo: thtg.vn

Facing this situation, the Tien Giang health sector has strengthened the prevention and control of hand-foot-and-mouth disease, focusing on the places where the risk of outbreaks, especially in preschools.

In addition, the sector also cooperates closely with the education and training industry, organizing communication activities to prevent hand-foot-and-mouth disease; closely monitoring the situation of epidemics, promptly detecting newly arising outbreaks, localizing and thoroughly handling the outbreaks upon detection.

(According to thtg.vn – Translated by HUU TAM)