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Beijing health authorities reported that the number of newly discovered cases of hand-foot-mouth disease (HMFD) in Beijing has been increasing every week since the end of April 2014. There have been 2860 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease reported in the city over the past week, the health authorities reported on Thursday 19 June 2014.
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.
