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World News Bulletin: Child-Killer Virus Continues to Spread
redorbit.com May 10, 2008
TWO more children have died from a virus sweeping China, taking the toll to 30. The number of reported cases of hand, foot and mouth disease jumped to nearly 20,000. The latest deaths were on the island province of Hainan in China's south, where 180 cases have been reported.
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