PM:HFMD in Thailand is fading out

BANGKOK, July 28 (TNA) - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says that the number of patients of the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Thailand has been falling with the disease expected to be fading out over the next six weeks. Speaking during her weekly broadcast programme, Yingluck told the public that she has instructed agencies concerned, including the Ministries of Public Health, Education and Interior, to work together to quickly contain and stop HFMD outbreaks in the country. Yingluck acknowledged that the concerned agencies have also been assigned to provide proper and updated HFMD information to the public, insisting that the government will keep taking best care of the situation and patients. The prime minister called for parents and teachers to have their children to always wash their hands before meals to prevent any new outbreak of the HFMD. (TNA)