Hand, foot and mouth disease enters a high incidence period. Experts suggest paying attention to vaccination.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 24 (Reporter Fan Xi) With the coming of summer and the rising temperature, hand, foot and mouth disease has entered a high incidence period. Experts say that for hand, foot and mouth disease, the best way to protect susceptible people is to vaccinate and take precautions.

　　Ceng Guang, chief epidemiologist of China CDC, said that summer and autumn are the key periods for vaccination. If the vaccination of hand, foot and mouth disease is neglected, the number of severe hand, foot and mouth disease cases may be significantly higher than the current level.

　　According to statistics, among the reported cases of national legal infectious diseases in 2018, hand, foot and mouth disease ranked first with 2.376 million cases. Ceng Guang said that the transmission coefficient of hand, foot and mouth disease is 4.2 to 6.5, which is three times that of Covid-19.

　　Hu Bing, deputy director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the National Children’s Medical Center and Beijing Children’s Hospital, said that the best way to protect susceptible people is to vaccinate, especially for children aged 6 months to 3 years. In addition, we should wash our hands frequently, eat cooked food, drink clean water, strengthen exercise, open windows for ventilation, and go to crowded places less. The incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease is large, and there is still no specific treatment. The most effective response is to prevent it.