The third trial of the vaccine against hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) caused by the Non-Mouse-Adapted Enterovirus 71 (EV71) strain has been completed and is waiting for the Ministry of Health's approval, said Vice Director of Clinical Research Unit of Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh city Nguyen Trong Toan.

VOV.VN - Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health (MoH) has imported 6,000 bottles of Plasma-derived Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) to Vietnam to supply local hospitals for treatment of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD).

VOV.VN - Southern provinces have so far recorded more than 9,000 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), including four deaths, according to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Enterovirus 71 (EV71), a virus which most commonly causes hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), has once again been detected in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the municipal Department of Health on June 1.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) stated on February 15 that the southern city had recorded a total of 385 cases of dengue fever between February 6 and February 12, with this figure marking a decline of 32.5% compared to the average number in the four weeks prior.

VOV.VN - The number of children being infected with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Mekong Delta provinces, especially Can Tho, has recorded a sharp increase over the last month.