HFMD moving north: Experts
By Wang Zhuoqiong in Beijing and Liang Qiwen in Guangzhou | China Daily | Updated: 2009-05-20 07:39
Children learn how to thoroughly wash their hands at a kindergarten in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, on Monday. Sun Can |
The hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is spreading its tentacles in northern China, with a "high number" of infants and children suffering from the seasonal epidemic in Hebei province, the China Center of Disease Control (CCDC) said yesterday.
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