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KUCHING: A total of 68 Hand, Foot and Mouth Diseases (HFMD) have been reported up to the fourth week of January this year, compared to 35 cases during the corresponding period in 2011...
Dept closely monitors HFMD situation ? Director
Posted on February 9, 2012, Thursday
SIBU: The state Health Department has disinfected a primary school and a nursery in Kuching recently following the detection of hand-foot-mouth-disease (HFMD) cases there.
State Health Department director Dr Zulkifli Jantan said they were now closely monitoring the situation in these facilities although the situation in the state in general was under control despite the number of cases having climbed to 68.
?The department has carried out disinfection at the primary school (three cases) and nursery (two cases). They are now operating as usual but we are monitoring them very closely,? Dr Zulkifli wrote in a statement received here yesterday...
Tuesday February 21, 2012
HFMD returns: Sharp increase seen in number of reported cases
KUCHING: The state?s Health Department has declared an outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in Kuching, Samarahan and Betong districts.
Its director Dr Zulkifli Jantan said there was a sharp increase in the number of reported cases, which nearly tripled to 609 between Jan 1 and Feb 14, from 213 cases in the same period last year.
He said Kuching detected 189 cases, followed by Bintulu with 73, Miri 51, Betong 48, and Sarikei 36.
?The majority of the cases seen so far were mild infections, with only 35 cases or 5.9% requiring hospitalisation mainly because of poor feeding.
?There were no cases with serious complications or death reported so far this year,? he added in a press statement yesterday.
Dr Zulkifli said the department?s sentinel surveillance had detected that the causative organism was a combination of EV71 and Coxsackie virus A16, with 90% of the patient samples testing positive of EV71...
by Nancy Lai. Posted on February 23, 2012, Thursday
KOTA KINABALU: The Health Department has recorded about 60 hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases in Sabah since January, according to its director Dr Yusof Ibrahim.
He said although the situation is not very serious, the department has instructed all hospitals as well as health clinics to keep tabs on it...
Saturday February 25, 2012
Screen children for HFMD at gates, says health officer
MIRI: Day care centres, kindergartens and primary schools here are advised to start screening children at their gates to curb the outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD).
Miri Divisional Health Officer Dr Faizul Mansor when contacted by The Star yesterday confirmed that there had been cases reported here and the number was rising.
?We hope that schools especially day care centres and kindergartens would start screening children at their gates. If any is infected they should tell the parents to get the child to a doctor for immediate treatment,? he said...
Sunday February 26, 2012
HFMD cases in Sarawak heading towards outbreak
PETALING JAYA: The number of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) cases in Sarawak is showing an upward trend and heading towards an outbreak, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
He said the accumulated number of such cases for the first seven weeks of this year was 806, compared to 213 cases during the same period last year.
?It is not an outbreak yet but it is moving towards that direction,? he said after launching the Taman Medan Health Clinic here yesterday...
Tuesday February 28, 2012
Kuching is HFMD ?hotspot? so far this year
KUCHING: More than half of all hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) recorded this year were reported here.
According to the State Health Department?s weekly crisis highlight, 204 new patients were diagnosed with HFMD between Feb 12 and 18. This makes week seven of this year, as the one with highest number of new HFMD patients recorded in recent years.
Out of the total, 91 new HFMD patients were from the state capital, followed by 29 new patients in Bintulu during the week. In terms of disease clusters, 18 clusters were detected throughout Sarawak in the week...
HFMD outbreak in Sabah under control: Rosnah
Published on: Friday, March 02, 2012
Tuaran: The public have been advised not to panic over the outbreak of the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Sabah which saw the temporary closure of at least six nurseries in Penampang last week.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin said although the number of HFMD cases had increased to 149, the outbreak was under control.
"Don't panic. What is important is to follow the advice and steps recommended by the Health Department," she told reporters after opening the Taman Sri Rugading 1Malaysia Clinic, near here, Thursday.
Rosnah said Penampang registered the highest number of HFMD incidents with 70 cases or 54.5 per cent of the total number of cases, followed by Kota Kinabalu (46), Tuaran (10), Papar (six), Keningau (four), Pitas (four), Tenom (four), Kudat (two), Kuala Penyu (two) and Kota Marudu, one...
TUARAN: Six nurseries in Penampang have been closed temporarily after 149 cases of the feet, hand and mouth (FHM) disease were detected in the state, including 70 in the district, according to Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin...
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03 March 2012 | Last updated at 09:33AM
150 new HFM disease cases in Sarawak
KUCHING: As of yesterday, 24 primary schools, kindergartens and childcare centres have been ordered to close by the Sarawak Health Department because of the hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak.
The department said there had been 150 new cases yesterday...
05 March 2012 | Last updated at 07:12PM
Number of HFMD cases down to 49
KUCHING: The number of new hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases in Sarawak has continued to drop, registering 49 cases today compared to 63 yesterday.
According to a statement released by the Sarawak Health Department's state HFMD operations room, the cumulative number of reported cases was 1,976 but no deaths due to HFMD had been reported so far...
KUCHING, March 6 (Bernama) -- The declining trend in hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases reported in Sarawak has reversed with the number of new cases increasing abruptly to 167 today from 49 yesterday.
A statement from the Sarawak Health Department's HFMD operations room here, said the increase might be due to the clinics being closed during the weekend while schools and kindergartens were also closed...
120 new HFMD cases in Sarawak
Posted on March 10, 2012, Saturday
KUCHING: The cumulative number of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases in Sarawak rose to 2,532 after 120 new cases were reported yesterday by the State Health Department.
The department said in a statement that 51 of the new cases were reported in Kuching...
Monday March 19, 2012
HFMD reaches outbreak level
By CALVIN YEO yeop@thestar.com.my
KUCHING: The hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has reached outbreak level in the state, although the number of cases went down to 460 cases last week as compared to 757 cases the week before...
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