Take precautions as rise in HFMD expected this year


Sombre assembly: Pupils of SRJK (C) Pay Teck grieving the death of schoolmate Wei Zi Yuan who died of H1N1 on Wednesday. Health Minister Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam has urged doctors to go the extra mile by checking H1N1 patients for other problems too.

PETALING JAYA: More hand, foot and mouth disease cases are expected this year but the Health Ministry has gi­­ven an assurance that the situation is under control.

And the public have been asked to take the necessary precautions.

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