IPOH: A total of 2,638 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) were reported in Perak so far this year.
State Health, Science, Environment and Green Technology Committee chairman Mohd Akmal Kamarudin said the number showed an increase of 15.6-fold from only 159 cases recorded during the corresponding period last year.
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