Hand, foot and mouth disease cases still high in Japan

The variety of sufferers in Japan with hand, foot and mouth illness — a viral illness that primarily impacts infants through the summer time — has remained elevated in latest months.

An infection instances have been larger than the five-year common since mid-August, and in early October they marked the third-highest stage for the interval prior to now decade. The quantity had been falling since mid-September, however the tempo of decline slowed in October.