334 centres on HFM alert
All 334 sentinel centres nationwide have been reminded to be on alert for any outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease, Health Ministry Communicable Disease Control Division director Dr Ramlee Rahmat said today.
The centres include 106 private and 119 government health clinics, and 109 treatment centres.
Since HFM is an endemic disease in Malaysia, he said, they had been told to always be on the alert for an outbreak, especially among children aged below 10.
Some 352 children have been hospitalised for HFM within the first 50 days of this year. No deaths have been reported.
Penang recorded 309 cases followed by Pahang (30), Selangor (eight) and Johor (five). For the whole of last year, Penang recorded 364 cases, Selangor (36), Johor (31) and Pahang (12).
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