Breaking news "Gunma Prefecture".
By AI of "Isesaki FM".
The number of hand, foot and mouth disease patients in the prefecture has decreased for the first time in two weeks, but thorough measures are still being called for.
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral infection that causes a rash on the hands, feet, and inside the mouth. It mainly infects young children,
and in rare cases can cause severe symptoms such as encephalitis. The number of patients confirmed to be infected in the prefecture
has decreased for the first time in two weeks to 5.49 per medical institution.
However, warnings are still in place.
By health center jurisdiction, Tatebayashi has the highest number of cases at 9.6, followed by Tone-Numata with 7.5,
the highest number in the past 10 years.