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China says 6,300 cases in viral outbreak
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Posted 05 May 2008 @ 07:45 pm GMT
A child stricken with the intestinal virus, identified as enterovirus 71 or EV-71, rest at a hospital in Fuyang, central China`s Anhui province, Sunday, May 4, 2008. A highly infectious virus that has killed 24 children in China is unlikely to be a t...
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Pentagon worried by China in space and cyberspaceWHO's China representative, Hans Troedsson, said the disease was not a threat to the Beijing Olympics because the disease mostly sickens young children.
China's Health Ministry has sent teams to Anhui to coordinate treatment of the disease and prevent its spread.
State-run television showed workers spraying disinfectant around houses in rural areas outside Fuyang and medical teams visiting families with small children.
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