Seriously Handle China HFMD Disease

The Chinese government will seriously deal with cases of hand-foot-mouth (HFMD), which showed an increase in a few weeks and hit a number of regions in China. "China will handle the spread of the disease is serious and the authorities have attempted to solve it," said the spokesperson Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Foreign Ministry) of China, Qin Gang, the regular press conference, in Beijing, Tuesday.
  
According to him, widespread outbreaks of the disease has become a serious concern for the Chinese government, given the existing fatalities especially among children anak.Namun, he was not willing to explain in more detail what efforts have been and will be relevant government control the epidemic. "The parties may respond in a more technical," he said.
  
The number of HFMD cases in China in 2008 increased to 11,905, among which 26 people died, according to noted authorities. "Drastic increase in the disease classified HFMD as a C class epidemic," said an expert and Deputy Head of Health Bureau of Guangzhou, Tang Xiaping as quoted by Xinhua.
  
Zhejiang Province, east China on Monday announced that there were 1198 children have been infected with HFMD in 2008, and a five-year-old boy died on April 6. According to local health authorities, nine confirmed cases have been caused by enterovirus 71 (EV71), a type of virus that attacks the children are usually aged between two to six years.
 
"In Zhejiang province there are 101 cases, 793 cases and 1607 cases for each of the years 2005, 2006, and 2007," said a local health official, Zhao Feng.Sementara Anhui Province in the number of children who contract reached 5840, including 689 new cases registered on Sunday, according to statistics from the provincial health authorities.
  
In Fuyang City alone, there are 22 children died from the disease since March 20, while 4496 children were infected and 1314 are still being treated at home sakit.Sementara in Guangdong Province have reported 1692 cases, an increase of 767 cases. There are three boys who died from outbreaks of the disease.
  
The test results stated that 25 of the 26 children who died due to the EV71.Sementara in Chongqing Municipality, there were 42 cases that have been detected sporadically since Thursday last week. "So far no fatal cases were reported in Chongqing," said Deputy Director of Health Bureau of Chongqing Liu Kejia.
  
While the 1482 cases recorded in Beijing on Monday, that as many as 818 of them are children. In the neighboring province of Hebei Province reported that there were 202 tertular.Wabah also spread in the provinces of Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, and Henan.HFMD usually starts with a slight fever followed by high fever and ulcers in the mouth, hands and foot

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Because of HFMD, China Tighten Precautions

Viral disease that affects thousands of children make the Chinese government throe. All health workers are required in case across the country since the virus began to spread, (28 / 4) then it turns deadly.

So far, approximately 15,799 cases of hand, foot and mouth (hand, foot, and mouth disease, HFMD) occurred this year, as revealed to Xinhua and pervasive began in southern China's Hainan Province to Jilin Province in northeast China and Yunnan Province in southwest China.

The number and scope of cases that occur each year and the increasing need for control over the spread of this disease requires China's Health Ministry to create new rules, spokesman Mao Qun'an.

"This is testament to our commitment that we care about public health," Mao said at a conference. Regulatory scrutiny began to take effect Tuesday.

Disease hands, mouth and feet are spread through saliva fluid, feces, or discharge from the nose or throat. There is no vaccine and treatment standards that can be done. Even so, most children with the disease will recover in a relatively quick with no problems. This disease has nothing to do with foot and mouth disease which had attacked the livestock.

Increase in the number of cases in most areas of China is reminiscent of communist leaders of China and especially the emergence of SARS disease have ever hit in 2003 in China. The government was trying for an acute respiratory syndrome disease does not spread, though it caused the death of 774 people around the world. China finally apologized to the international community due to this incident.

Xinhua reported this week at least 10 people convicted of failing to dispel this disease so that approximately 22 children die in central Anhui Province.

Plague is of course a real headache because the Olympics the Chinese government which will take place next August. Moreover, the preparation of this grand party confronted with protests in many places around the world. Therefore, Mao asserted that this outbreak will not affect the Olympics.

Both Mao and WHO representative in China Hans Troedsson said the chances the disease will increase due to the heated air in June and July.

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Because of HFMD 42 Children Die in China

The Chinese government enforce that two people who died from the disease hand, foot and mouth (HFMD-hand,  foot, and mouth disease) in Beijing, adding the case of death that has killed  40 children.

A child from Beijing, died on Sunday. Another child from Hebei also died in the capital city after the patient was moved from the northern provinces. The disease is highly contagious and dangerous for small children it has killed 42 children as China and infect about 25 000 inhabitants.

Most children who died was infected because of enterovirus 71 or EV71. The case arose in large numbers in eastern China in early March. Yet the Chinese government's new ngeh late April until finally declared its seriousness in handling this case.

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China HFMD Serang, 3 Children Killed

Disease HFMD (hand, foot and mouth disease) has killed three children and infected another 110 children in eastern China. Xinhua News Agency said on Sunday, all cases have been reported in Jian'ou city of Fujian province from October 1 to 17.

Officials said the provincial health office, the children who died from this infection under a year old and came from different cities. 20 children infected others are in intensive care in hospital.

Local provincial government has sent eight epidemic disease prevention experts to the city to help local medical staff, and check the children.

HFMD is a disease that often attacks children and is characterized by fever, sore throat, rash and reddened skin. The disease is spread through direct contact with nose and everything that issued from the throat such as saliva, fluid, feces from an infected person. It is not associated with HFMD disease that infects cattle, sheep and pigs.

In summer, the virus spread and make the pain around 24,000 people and killed dozens of people throughout mainland China because of the slow handling of this case in May in Anhui province, where the disease first began to emerge.

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Singapore Flu Found in Bekasi

Disease hands, feet and mouth (hand, foot, and mouth diseases) or known as the flu singapore again detected in the City of Bekasi. Until Friday (30 / 1), two children, each aged six years and five years, is known from getting sick.

City Health Office Head of Bekasi dr Retni Yonti said Health Department has sent a team to monitor the two children who allegedly contracted the flu singapore.

From the results of the monitoring team, Yonti admit, clinical symptoms experienced by the children to ensure they have the disease the hands, feet and mouth. "Ensure clinical symptoms. It is characterized by the presence of water boils on the hands and feet, and a kind of thrush on the tongue and oral cavity, "said Yonti.

"The disease is highly contagious, but in theory not to cause death," he said.

A number of journalists met the two children in the Hospital Mitra Keluarga Bekasi West yesterday. They are brothers, namely Hedva (6) and Elbert (5).

According to his mother, Ruth, Hedva the first affected, followed by Elbert. "There is a possibility he was infected at school," said Ruth. Ruth explains, Hedva and Elbert attended the Coffee Cottage, East Jakarta.

Until yesterday, Elbert is still suffering from the disease. There are red sores on the palms and a kind of thrush on the tongue.

Elbert even be treated in the emergency room because of cramps. Head of Controlling Health Problems Bekasi City Health Office drg Laniwati Setiadi said, Elbert and Hedva conditions present in the monitoring.

In the website of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia explained, disease hands, feet and mouth caused by a virus enterovirus type 71.

Such as thrush

Symptoms are characterized by high fever, mouth sores or blisters appear in the mouth or tongue, and appear water-filled boils like chicken pox on legs, feet, and hands.

The disease is more common in children, especially those with low immunity.

According to Compass records, the disease had spread in the city of Bekasi in 2004. After disappearing, now appears again. The disease is treatable and not deadly.

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