Two experts 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
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BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The hand-foot-mouth
disease (HFMD) outbreak in Fuyang in east China's Anhui Province is under
control, the health ministry said on Sunday.
No fatalities was reported from May 2 to May 10 in
Fuyang, an official surnamed Yang with the Ministry of Health told Xinhua.
The city reported the initial HFMD outbreak in the
country and 22 deaths caused by the disease by May 10.
"The incidence of HFMD in Fuyang is on the decline.
The majority of patients in critical conditions in Fuyang have recovered," he
said.
The ministry said on Thursday that patients
discharged in Fuyang has outnumbered those checking in to hospitals for the
first time.
The Health Ministry urged local health departments
around the country to mount all-out efforts in disease control measures against
HFMD, and to pay special attention to kindergartens, primary schools, hospitals,
food outlets as well as families with children.
A total of 24,934 people had been infected with HFMD
nationwide by Thursday night, according to a tally by Xinhua based on
provincial-level health bureau reports. All were children.
BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The incidence of
hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in the worst-hit Chinese city of Fuyang was on
decline, with discharged patients outnumbering those checking in to hospitals
for the first time, China's health ministry said on Friday. Full story
BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The recent outbreak of
hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) will not affect the Beijing Olympic Games, health
ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an said here on Wednesday. Full story
BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) -- China's health minister has
urged better treatment of children afflicted with hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD)
to keep fatalities to a minimum.
Minister Chen Zhu told a teleconference on Tuesday that
the outbreak in Fuyang in east China's Anhui Province, where 22 children had
died, must be contained. Full story
