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Hand, foot and mouth (HFM) disease, has affected over 10 000 Vietnamese people in the first 2 months of this year (2013), the Vietnamese Ministry of Health's Preventive Health Department reports. The infection has spread to 60 of the country's 64 provinces and cities and in the past 2 weeks, increased numbers of patients have been reported in 28 provinces and cities. Specifically in central Da Nang, Khanh Hoa and Quang Ngai, northern Yen Bai and Tuyen Quang, and southern Soc Trang provinces.
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.
