The Ministry ordered departments to direct people’s committees and unions to popularize the information of healthcare and hand, foot, and mouth disease.
From the beginning of the year, the country has recorded over 20,000 people infecting with hand-foot- and mouth, an increase of 0.7 percent compared to the same period last year.
Most of the infection cases are from southern and central provinces such as Dong Nai, Dong Thap, Ca Mau, Binh Duong, Bac Lieu, HCMC, Khanh Hoa, Da Nang and Quang Ngai.
The Ministry also warned of a possible increase in the number of infected patients in the next time when students head back to schools.
