Beijing fears spread of child virus
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Fears about the rapid spread of an intestinal virus that has killed 26 young children reached the Chinese capital today, as it emerged that doctors have recorded almost 1,500 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in Beijing.
The nationwide tally leapt to 11,905 today after the government ordered all local health officials to notify it of cases. More than half are in Fuyang City, in eastern Anhui province, where 22 of the victims died after becoming infected with Enterovirus 71. The virus has caused sporadic outbreaks of the disease in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997.
The nationwide tally leapt to 11,905 today after the government ordered all local health officials to notify it of cases. More than half are in Fuyang City, in eastern Anhui province, where 22 of the victims died after becoming infected with Enterovirus 71. The virus has caused sporadic outbreaks of the disease in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997.
