BANGKOK, July 16 – Cambodia’s threatened epidemic of hand-foot-mouth disease has passed its critical point and is now controllable, but Thailand remains on alert during its encounter with the epidemic, Bureau of Epidemiology director Dr Pasakorn Akarasewi said on Monday.

He noted the outbreak in the neighbouring country should decline within 45 days, while the illness has been found in Thailand among primary-school students.

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