Issue a warning.

Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".

By AI of "Isesaki FM".

Prefecture issues warning for "hand, foot and mouth disease".

The prefecture issued a "warning" for the first time in two years on the 21st, citing an increase in cases of "hand, foot and mouth disease", a summer cold common among infants.

The May warning is the earliest in the past 10 years.

According to the prefecture, the number of patients reported to medical institutions was 6.67,
exceeding the national warning standard of 5. This is a sharp increase of 2.24 times compared to the previous week.

By health center, Tomioka had the highest number of 25.5, followed by Isesaki with 13 and Takasaki with 10.4.