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Strange disease kills 17 in Southwest China
By Wang Zhenghua in Beijing and Albert Auyeung in Hong Kong (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-25 05:39

It said the patients were from 49 villages of 23 townships in Sichuan and they were not related to each other.

Zeng said the disease could not spread among humans, and normally only those with a weak immune system became ill.

The Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture last week sent a special team to Sichuan to assist in the investigation, treatment and control of the outbreak.

The two departments were not available for comment yesterday.

"This is a good job of disease surveillance, and shows China has vastly improved its system since the SARS period in 2003," World Health Organization spokesman Bob Dietz was quoted by Bloomberg as saying.

A physician with Ziyang No 1 People's Hospital said yesterday that people could quickly become ill and doctors were busy carrying out emergency treatment.

All patients were reportedly being treated at three hospitals in Ziyang.

Yesterday, Hong Kong put out an alert relating to the disease.

Frozen pork from Sichuan is safe to eat, the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food York Chow told the Hong Kong public.

He confirmed that no live pigs are imported from the province into the territory.

He said frozen pork imports come via designated companies with permits from the Hong Kong health authorities.


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