Occurrence of hand and foot disease in Hanoi

On the afternoon of June 9, Mr. Hoang Duc Hanh, Deputy Director of the Department of Health, said that in the past 2 weeks, Hanoi has had the first cases of hand, foot and mouth disease. However, new cases have been scattered, there have been no cluster of cases and no patients have died.

Hanoi quickly implemented preventive measures as soon as the first hand and foot cases appeared.

In this situation, in order to proactively prevent the risk of widespread epidemic such as in Ho Chi Minh City, the Department of Health requires units to provide professional guidance on monitoring and handling of hand and foot disease for the Medical Center. Districts, districts and towns implement measures to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease in the city. Accordingly, the health centers of districts, towns and cities should strengthen supervision of early detection of cases, isolation and timely treatment of epidemics so as not to spread the epidemic.It is recommended that schools with 2 or more children in a class get sick within 7 days, leave the whole class for 10 days from the day of the last illness.

In order to prevent the spread of disease, the Department of Health recommends that patients should be isolated and hygienic, clean their hands before eating and after playing common toys, disinfecting stool and waste of patients .; It is recommended that people who detect signs of illness must notify the school and health facilities and at least 10 days from the start of the illness and to the class when the mouth ulcer is gone, burn country.