HFMD all news related to

Hand, foot and mouth disease surges in young children, cases up 65.7% in 8 months

September 07, 2025

Warning over hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak in young children, with most cases in the South, Bangkok and Central region, trend set to continue.

Thailand warns of hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak

June 29, 2025

The Thai government has issued a public health advisory warning parents to be on alert for hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), a contagious illness that spreads rapidly among young children during the rainy season.

Virologist links ‘tomato flu’ to hand, foot, mouth disease virus

MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2022

A top Thai virologist has linked the “tomato flu” to the same virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD).

Thailand must prepare for more dangerous EV-A71 HFMD virus, warns virologist

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2022

Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71), which causes hand, foot and mouth disease, can also cause severe neurological diseases like meningitis, a top virologist warned on Saturday.

Girl, 3, dies of hand foot and mouth disease in Tak

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 04, 2017

A three-year-old girl has died of hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) after she contracted the it from a nursery in a tambon in Tak’s Ban Tak district.

Bangkok 26th in nation's HFMD infection rate

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 05, 2015

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) revealed that this year's first half had already seen 1,666 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) - making it the country's 26th rated province with a high incidence of the viral infection. This was an