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Death toll from child virus in China now 39

                   
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May 13, 2008
        
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Five more children have died of hand, foot and mouth disease in China, bringing the death toll to 39 since late March. The official Xinhua News Agency says a girl died in eastern Anhui province from enterovirus 71, a virus that causes a severe form of the disease. The other deaths occurred on the... [read full story]                    

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The death toll in China from hand-foot-mouth disease has now risen to 42 with another 24,934 children sickened by the deadly virus; all the fatalities have been children. The virus has now hit Beijing with the first death of a child in the capital and another in a child from neighbouring Hebei,...

                   

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May 15, 2008
        

by Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2008 China on Wednesday confirmed the first two deaths in Beijing from hand, foot and mouth disease, bringing the national death toll to 42 children, state media reported, citing health officials. One child from Beijing, host of this year's Olympics, died on...

                   

First Child Death in Beijing Linked to China Virus

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May 14, 2008
        

From Reuters via MSNBC: China’s capital has recorded its first death from an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease as authorities try to contain the spread of a potent virus just three months before the city hosts the Olympic Games. Beijing Health Bureau spokeswoman Deng Xiaohong said a...

                   

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May 14, 2008
        

The three newly reported deaths raise the countrywide death toll to 42 since late March. Hand, foot and mouth disease has sickened more than 24,934 children in seven Chinese provinces plus Beijing, Xinhua reported. It said 3,606 hand, foot and mouth infections had been reported in Beijing as of...

                   

First child death in Beijing linked to China virus

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May 14, 2008
        

13-month-old boy contracted hand, foot and mouth disease; toll reaches 42 BEIJING - China's capital has recorded its first death from an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease as authorities try to contain the spread of a potent virus just three months before the city hosts the Olympic Games....

                   

Beijing Reports First Child Virus Death

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May 14, 2008
        

BEIJING — China's capital reported Wednesday its first death from the hand, foot and mouth disease virus that has sickened tens of thousands of children across the country and killed at least 42 people. The child died Sunday on the way to a hospital, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said, citing...

                   
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Child-killing virus spreads in Beijing

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Hand-foot-mouth disease has sickened 24,934 children in China; 42 have died Illness is caused by virus; not related to foot-and-mouth disease in animals There is no vaccine and no treatment for severe cases, which can cause paralysis Adults with healthy immune systems can usually resist the...

                   

Beijing hit with first hand, foot and mouth disease death

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China's capital recorded its first death from hand, foot and mouth disease on Wednesday as the authorities tried to contain the spread of the potent virus just three months before the city hosts the Olympic Games. A child died Sunday on the way to a hospital, according to Xinhua, the official...

                   

China hand, foot, mouth toll hits 42; Beijing sees 1st death - Summary

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May 14, 2008
        

Beijing - Health officials on Wednesday reported three more deaths, including the first in Beijing, from virally transmitted hand, foot and mouth disease, which has infected about 27,500 children in China this year. A child in Beijing's Chaoyang dist...

                   

Beijing reports first child virus death

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May 14, 2008
        

By CARA ANNA, Associated Press Writer (AP) -- China's capital reported Wednesday its first death from the hand, foot and mouth disease virus that has sickened tens of thousands of children across the country and killed at least 42 people. The child died Sunday on the way to a hospital, the...

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