KL, Putrajaya record 6,197 HFMD cases within past week

Amid the rising number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases nationwide, the Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Federal Territories Health Department said a total of 6,197 new cases under its jurisdiction had been reported within the past epidemiological week (ME20/22).

The Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Federal Territories health director Dr Nor Aishah Abu Bakar said this figure is 14 times higher than the same epidemiological week in 2021 (ME20/21), which only recorded 403 cases.

“Meanwhile, the number of weekly cases reported in ME20/22 was...