Vietnam raises guard against hand, foot, mouth disease

Children with hand-foot-mouth disease are treated at Paediatrics Hospital No 1 in HCM City. — VNA/VNS

HANOI (Xinhua): Vietnam has increased measures to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease after the country recorded about 9,000 cases and three fatalities in what could turn into an outbreak of the toddler virus, Vietnam News reported on Wednesday (June 7).

Hand, foot and mouth disease occurs mainly among infants and children. The disease causes fever and rashes with blisters on the hands, feet and painful sores in the mouth.