Melaka on HFMD alert as 10th pre-school ordered close

Low (left), with Melaka Health Department director Datuk Dr Ghazali Othman getting an update on HFMD cases from Health Department officials.

MELAKA: Red flag has been raised on the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) situation in Melaka with an accumulative 1,522 cases reported as of July 28.

The endemic recorded a 76% increase or an additional 659 cases for the first seven months of the year, compared to the corresponding period last year.