Amid the rising number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases nationwide, the Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Federal Territories Health Department said a total of 6,197 new cases under its jurisdiction had been reported within the past epidemiological week (ME20/22).

The Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Federal Territories health director Dr Nor Aishah Abu Bakar said this figure is 14 times higher than the same epidemiological week in 2021 (ME20/21), which only recorded 403 cases.

“Meanwhile, the number of weekly cases reported in ME20/22 was...