Keyword: "foot and mouth disease"

According to the infectious disease surveillance system, nearly 100,000 cases were reported so far this year, more than 2.5 times over the same period last year. The number of cases remains high in southern cities and provinces.

Hand, foot and mouth disease is reaching its peak season in HCM City, with incidence doubling last month from August, according to the city Preventive Medicine Centre.

The number of people hospitalised in Ho Chi Minh City with contagious diseases this year has sharply increased compared with the same period a year ago, according to the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre.

The hand, foot and mouth disease has broken out in Malaysia, with over 42,000 cases detected from January 1-August 3, including two fatalities, one each in Sarawak and Penang.

The southwest province of Tay Ninh has directed all local authorities of its border districts to take immediate steps to prevent the spread of H5N1 bird flu and foot and mouth disease from Cambodia.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked cities and provinces nationwide to allocate funds for the early implementation of a national programme to control foot and mouth disease.

More than 3.8 million cows and buffaloes, equal to 80 percent of their numbers in high-risk areas across the country, are expected to be immunized against foot-and-mouth disease by 2020.