•   Hand-foot-mouth disease spreading quickly

The Haiphong Children’s Hospital receives 15-20 cases a day.

The epidemic tends to spread from 14 its inner districts to outlying areas. The City Department of Health has sent an inspection team to help locals prevent new outbreaks of the disease.

All hospitals in Haiphong are well prepared to cope with the worsening situation even though there has been no confirmation of fatalities anywhere so far.