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The number of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in the first 6 weeks of the year has reached 6,328. The number is 7.3 times higher than in the same period of a year earlier, and 9 cases have been fatal, the Health Ministry’s Preventive Health Department reported. According to the ministry’s statistics, high numbers of HFMD patients in the past 6 weeks have been recorded in 10 provinces and cities, namely Hai Phong, Dong Thap, Khanh Hoa, Kien Giang, Can Tho, Ca Mau, Dak Lak, An Giang, Vinh Long and Hau Giang.
(Via VietnamNet - accessed 22/02/12)
Advice for Travellers
HFMD is a common viral illness which spreads rapidly among children in particular; outbreaks most often occur in children's nurseries and daycare centres. Transmission is via direct contact with nose and throat secretions and faeces if an infected individual and by aerosol droplet spread. Contact with infected children should be limited and crowded situations avoided; personal hygiene and handwashing is paramount in reducing transmission.
