Three children in Shanghai have died of hand, foot and mouth disease so far this year in an alarming trend.

上海已有三名小孩死于手足口病。

The peak season of the malady had arrived early and the 2010 strain of the virus was particularly powerful, the Shanghai Health Bureau said yesterday.

上海卫生局发布警告说，今年手足口病爆发的高峰提早到来，并且今年的病毒变种更加强大。

The suburban children who died were generally unsupervised and had migrant parents, according to education authorities. They did not attend city kindergartens and lived in conditions where hygiene was poor or non-existent, officials said.

病亡的孩子住在郊区，父母是来沪打工的民工。孩子们尚未入学，居住条件也很差，卫生得不到保障。

The peak season for the virus arrived in Shanghai last month. By mid April, Shanghai reported 6,898 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease.

上个月手足口病爆发的高峰就已经到来。截至四月中旬，上海已经出现6898例病症。

This was more than twice the number of cases for the same period of last year.

这是去年同期病例的两倍多。

Among the cases, 2,475 were local children and 4,423 were migrants.

患病人群中有2475个本地孩子，4423个外地孩子。


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