Weekly consultation rates of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) reported by Family Medicine Clinics and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2025

Week 48 (23/11 – 29/11)
Latest data reported by sentinel PMP clinics showed the consultation rate for hand, foot and mouth disease has increased. The CHP monitors the overall activity of common infectious diseases through a series of surveillance systems. Some surveillance indicators of hand, foot and mouth disease have decreased compared to the preceding week, whereas the overall activity in Hong Kong remained at high level.

Week 48 (23/11 – 29/11)

Latest data reported by sentinel PMP clinics showed the consultation rate for hand, foot and mouth disease has increased.
The CHP monitors the overall activity of common infectious diseases through a series of surveillance systems. Some surveillance indicators of hand, foot and mouth disease have decreased compared to the preceding week, whereas the overall activity in Hong Kong remained at high level.

For the week ending	Rate (per 1000 consultations)
For the week ending	FMC	PMP clinics
4/1	0.5	0.8
11/1	0.3	0.0
18/1	0.2	0.0
25/1	0.2	0.0
1/2	0.2	0.0
8/2	0.2	1.1
15/2	0.1	0.5
22/2	0.1	0.0
1/3	0.1	0.3
8/3	0.2	0.3
15/3	0.2	0.0
22/3	0.1	0.3
29/3	0.1	0.0
5/4	0.3	0.0
12/4	0.2	0.0
19/4	0.2	0.3
26/4	0.1	0.0
3/5	0.2	0.0
10/5	0.2	0.0
17/5	0.1	0.0
24/5	0.1	0.3
31/5	0.2	0.0
7/6	0.2	0.0
14/6	0.3	0.0
21/6	0.4	1.0
28/6	0.5	1.7
5/7	0.6	1.1
12/7	0.7	1.0
19/7	0.6	1.6
26/7	0.8	0.9
2/8	0.7	0.9
9/8	0.9	1.4
16/8	0.8	0.0
23/8	0.6	0.3
30/8	0.5	1.2
6/9	0.9	0.4
13/9	0.9	1.6
20/9	0.8	0.0
27/9	0.9	1.0
4/10	0.7	0.3
11/10	1.4	1.8
18/10	1.4	1.2
25/10	1.7	1.5
1/11	1.5	1.2
8/11	1.1	1.7
15/11	1.3	1.6
22/11	1.1	1.3
29/11	0.9	1.7
6/12
13/12
20/12
27/12

Note:
The Hospital Authority's General Out-patient Clinics were renamed Family Medicine Clinics on 11 October 2025.
The CHP has started to use electronic data on diagnosis coding of patients of the Hospital Authority's Family Medicine Clinics for sentinel surveillance since January 2020, replacing manual data collection in the past.