Fresh regional warning on HFMD

There is a risk of a long-term outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease among some regions in China, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) has warned.

Zhang Jing, a CDCP official in charge of intestinal infection prevention, said incidence rates of the disease was normal compared with other countries.

But he said that the childhood disease had been "obviously spreading" in some regions since mid-March.