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Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease in Vietnam

Pyongyang, November 21 (KCNA) -- There have been in Vietnam a total of 84 000 people infected by the hand-foot-mouth disease so far this year, of which southern cities and provinces account for 65 percent, a health organ of the country said on Nov. 17.

Positive steps are being taken to prevent the disease from spreading.

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