Hand, foot, and mouth disease

2022 - 12 - 6

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DOH: No hand, foot, and mouth disease outbreak, but cases rising ... (GMA News Online)

The Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday that cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) are increasing in the country, but there is no declaration of ...

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Hand, foot and mouth disease cases in Metro Manila rising but ... (Philstar.com)

The number of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) cases in Metro Manila is increasing but it remains manageable, the Department of Health said Tuesday.

Cases of hand, foot, & mouth disease rising but no outbreak yet—DOH (Manila Bulletin)

DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that from October to Dec. 6, they recorded 155 cases of HFMD in Metro Manila alone. Majority of these cases ...

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DOH: No outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease | Claudeth ... (Business Mirror)

In a press briefing DOH Officer – in – Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that 155 cases were logged in Metro Manila from October to December 6,2022. “There's ...

Vergeire earlier said that symptoms of HFMD include fever, cough, colds, and sores or lesions on the mouth, hands and feet. Most HFMD cases affect children, but Vergeire said that all persons can get the disease. The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday said there is no outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) but admitted they are “seeing cases.”

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DOH records 155 cases of HFMD in Metro Manila since October (INQUIRER.net)

There have been a total of 155 cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in the National Capital Region (NCR).

These are all manageable and preventable,” said Vergeire in a mix of Filipino and English. Vergeire said that this was not enough to declare an outbreak. (We have in the National Capital Region, from October to December, there were 155 cases of this hand, foot, and mouth disease and the majority of them were children 11 years old and below).

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