A highly contagious disease especially harmful to young children has killed 50 people in China this year, the health ministry said Friday as it warned the worst was yet to come.
"The spread of hand, foot and mouth disease is still in a period of ascendancy," ministry spokesman Deng Haihua told reporters.
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Deng said that as of April 7, 50 deaths had been attributed to hand, foot and mouth disease, known as enterovirus, this year, with clinics and hospitals reporting more than 115,000 cases.
Nearly 95 percent of cases involved children under the age of five, he said.
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Symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease include fever and sores. It can be fatal in children because their immune systems are immature.
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Chinese Children At Risk As Contagious Disease Spreads
Thousands of children in east and central China have been sickened with hand, foot and mouth disease, a highly contagious illness that is sometimes fatal, the government and state press said Tuesday.
Thousands of children in east and central China have been sickened with hand, foot and mouth disease, a highly contagious illness that is sometimes fatal, the government and state press said Tuesday.
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