| Week 49 (30/11 – 6/12) |
Latest data reported by sentinel PMP clinics showed the consultation rate for hand, foot and mouth disease has decreased.
The CHP monitors the overall activity of common infectious diseases through a series of surveillance systems. The overall hand, foot and mouth disease activity in Hong Kong remains at high level. |
| For the week ending |
Rate (per 1000 consultations) |
| 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 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
| 13/12 |
|
|
| 20/12 |
|
|
| 27/12 |
|
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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.