LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte—An increase within the variety of circumstances of hand, foot, and mouth illness (HFMD) was famous within the Ilocos area, with well being officers attributing the rise to “clustering of circumstances” in daycare facilities and elementary faculties, in line with the regional Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, Dec. 13.
Dr. Rheuel Bobis, regional DOH medical officer, advised the Inquirer that their newest information confirmed that 1,170 suspected HFMD circumstances had been recognized within the area since January.
Of these circumstances, at the least 197 have been “laboratory confirmed,” he added.
Bobis stated the area’s latest surveillance report confirmed the clustering of circumstances in numerous daycare facilities and eleme…
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