PRO/EDR> Hand, foot & mouth disease – Thailand: (Bangkok)

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease — Thailand
A total of 1666 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease have been reported in Bangkok from [1 Jan to 30 Jun 2015], a senior Bangkok Metropolitan Administration [BMA] official said [Wed 5 Aug 2015]. Doctor Wongwat Siewlak, Director of the Disease Control Division of BMA’s Health Department, said 82.83 per cent of the patients were children under 4 years old. He said Bangkok was ranked 26th of provinces with the disease. So far, no patient has died of the disease in Bangkok this year [2015], Wongwat