PARENTS, operators of nurseries, kindergartens and childcare centres, and schoolteachers are advised to watch out for symptoms of the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) following the rise of cases in Penang.

Dr Cheang Hon Kit, a paediatrician and neonatologist at Lam Wah Ee Hospital, said the symptoms include fever, rashes on the hands, feet and sometimes buttocks, red spots and blisters, ulcer in the throat, and sore throat.