S'pore yet to contain virus<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore doctors were treating more than 60
\nnew cases of a lethal hand, foot and mouth virus a day, health
\nauthorities revealed Thursday, as they admitted the outbreak had
\nnot yet been contained.<\/p>\n
The chairman of a special government task force, Wang Nan
\nChee, said they would need at least another week before they
\ncould say if the situation was under control.<\/p>\n
Singapore child care centers and kindergartens reopened on
\nMonday after a two-week forced closure in which more than 2,000
\nchildren were stricken with the disease and four died.<\/p>\n
There were another three deaths in neighboring Malaysia from
\nthe virus which mostly affects children under 10 years of age.<\/p>\n
Wang said the number of reported cases of hand, foot and mouth
\ndisease had dropped from a daily peak of around 200 in early
\nOctober to an average 61 a day over the past seven days.<\/p>",
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