Another Boy Infected With Enterovirus

According to news.gov.hk: The Centre for Health Protection has confirmedan Enterovirus-71 case involving a one-year-old boy who attends a day-care centre where other EV-71 cases have occurred. The boy has fully recovered, bringing the number of reported cases this year to 10. His three family members have no symptoms. He came down with a fever, an oral ulcer and a rash on August 31. He was examined by a private doctor and did notneed hospitalisation. Eleven children from the day-care centre have come down with hand-foot-mouth symptomssince August 19. Seven have recovered and the others are stable. The facility is under surveillance.

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