PUTRAJAYA, May 20 — The number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases in the country exceeded the national alert level of 1,150 cases per week during Epidemiological...
PUTRAJAYA, May 20 — The number of hand, foot and mouth disease cases in the country exceeded the national alert level of 1,150 cases per week during Epidemiological Week 19 from May 7 to 13.
“Based on enterovirus surveillance this year, the two main viruses that cause HFMD were detected among the sampled cases, namely Coxsackie A6 and Coxsackie A16 . No HFMD cases were reported to be treated in the intensive care unit and there were no HFMD deaths,” he said in a statement here today. He said a total of 273 clusters were reported in 2023 until May 13, where there were 170 clusters with 675 cases reported to have occurred in nurseries, kindergartens, pre-schools and day care centres, while 101 clusters occurred in private homes and two in schools.
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