Melaka records decline in HFMD cases


MELAKA: Cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in the state have declined by 40 or 20.7% as of mid August, said Melaka Health Committee chairman Low Chee Leong.

Low said the total number of HFMD cases had dropped from 193 recorded cases in the 32nd week to 153 in the 33rd week of this year.

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