Shi Wen, deputy director of Pingguo County Health Bureau, said the HFMD cases first emerged in Zilou Village in Tonglao Town on July 7 before the epidemic spread to other villages.

• 平果县卫生局副局长石文说，7日起平果县同老乡紫楼村开始出现手足口病病例，随后迅速扩散到其它村。