Hanoi - More than 6,000 children are sick and nine are dead from the hand, foot, and mouth disease in Vietnam, more than seven times the amount of last year's numbers at this time.
The more common form of the disease causes a fever and rash amongst its victims. This strain, known as EV-71, is worse in that it can cause severe neurological disease. There is no known antivirus at the moment.
Last year more than 100,000 people fell ill and 166 died, most of whom were children.
However, the country's health ministry stated, the numbers have slowed since September 2011's numbers of 3,000 infections per week.
The more common form of the disease causes a fever and rash amongst its victims. This strain, known as EV-71, is worse in that it can cause severe neurological disease. There is no known antivirus at the moment.
Last year more than 100,000 people fell ill and 166 died, most of whom were children.
However, the country's health ministry stated, the numbers have slowed since September 2011's numbers of 3,000 infections per week.
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