Article: China warns of longtime regional outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease

China warns of longtime regional outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease

BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Though the incidence and death rates of hand-foot-mouth disease in China is normal compared with overseas regions, the country's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) warns of long-term outbreaks among the large populations in certain regions.

Zhang Jing, a CDCP official in charge of intestinal infection prevention told Xinhua here Monday that the disease had been "obviously spreading" since mid-March.

Zhang said as the country had been officially monitoring the disease for about a year, they lacked historical figures to judge if the epidemic was worse than previous years.

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