17 children died of hand, foot and mouth disease in Vietnam

2100 Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam over the past three months, children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease, 70 percent of patients in the three-year-old, and 11 children died under the The city Health Department Tuesday.

In the southern Dong Nai province, with more than 700 children infected since the beginning of the year six children died of disease, according to reports from the provincial health department.

Dong Thap province in 240 cases, most of May and early June, the province's health department.

Local health department urged residents to wash children's hands frequently, cleaning the house, every week, children's toys and preservatives.

If the child has a high temperature, difficulty breathing, or on their feet, hands and mouth rash symptoms should be immediately taken to hospital. Infected children should be isolated from the schools or kindergartens, medical advice.

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