Following the outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease in parts of China, Bahrain authorities say they will provide health advisories to its 11 athletes participating in the Beijing Olympics.

"We will be advising the athletes on good hygiene practice, in addition to precautionary measures like drinking bottled water and not eating outside," Dr.Adel Al Sayyad, head of the Communicable Disease Control Section, told AHN

At least 15,000 children were feared to have been infected with the new outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in China, which killed at least 28 children across the country.

The latest casualty was reported by the provincial health ministry saying that a 2-year-old child died of the disease after being in coma in southern Hunan province

Twenty-two children are dead and more than 3,500 more are ill in Eastern China due to a virus that has been spreading since March.

The New York Times reported that the intestinal virus, enterovirus 71, or EV-71, is found in children under 6, and mostly in those under 2. It causes fever, mouth ulcers, and blisters on the hands, feet and buttocks. The virus can lead to further complications including lung complications, brain swelling and paralysis in severe cases

Twenty infants and young children have died in eastern China amid a hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreak caused by an enterovirus infection. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of cases still may not peak for another two months.

All 20 deaths occurred in the city of Fuyang in Anhui, the WHO confirmed in an update, with a total of 1,884 cases of enterovirus (EV-71) infection reported worldwide as of Tuesday

An intestinal virus outbreak in Fuyang City in Anhui province has killed 20 children and infected 1,884 kids, according to Xinhua news agency on Wednesday.

The virus, known as enterovirus 71 or EV71, has been spreading since March