Hand, foot and mouth disease cases hit all-time high

A record-high number of children - 1,590 - came down with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) for the week ended April 28.

The number of infections diagnosed weekly has stayed above what is considered the 780-cases-a-week epidemic level for almost three months.

But although several children are warded at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), none of them is critically ill.

The HFMD strain now circulating in Singapore is a mild one, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Health (MOH).