Two experts (1st, 2nd L) from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention do experiments at the virus lab of the Fuyang Disease Control Center in Fuyang, east China's Anhui Province, May 6, 2008. Medical experts sent by China's Ministry of Health set up a virus lab in Fuyang to do scientific research in enterovirus 71, or EV71. (Xinhua Photo/Chen Yehua) Photo Gallery>>>

    HAIKOU, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Contagious hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) had led to 30 deaths in China as of Thursday morning, according to Xinhua's tally based on confirmed death reports from provincial-level health bureaus.

    Two children died of the enterovirus 71 (EV71) virus, which caused them to develop HFMD, in the southernmost Hainan Province, a provincial health department official said on Thursday. He did not say when they had died.

    According to the latest figures from the provincial health department, 180 cases of HFMD were reported by Thursday, of which five were confirmed to be infected with the EV71 virus.

    The central province of Hunan and the southwestern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reported their first and only HFMD deaths on Wednesday.

China registers nearly 20,000 hand-foot-mouth infections

    BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The number of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) cases reported in China this year jumped to 19,962 as of Wednesday, resulting in 28 deaths, according to a Xinhua tally of local official figures.

    The figure stood at 15,799 on Tuesday, Xinhua found. Full Story

China expects higher incidence of viral disease through July

    BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) -- China will see a higher incidence of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in June and July, said the Health Ministry spokesman here on Wednesday.

    There has been no unusual pattern in the HFMD outbreak so far, said Mao Qun'an, the health ministry spokesman, at a press conference. Full Story

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