Virus claims life of one more child
By Shan Juan | China Daily | Updated: 2008-05-03 07:39
FUYANG, Anhui: The potentially fatal intestinal virus known as EV-71 had infected 3,321 children in the city as of Friday, and the death toll had risen to 22, a spokesman for the provincial government said.
The latest death was reported on Friday, Wang Yan told a press conference on the epidemic.
He added that 978 are in hospital, of whom 48 are critically ill.
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