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New Mosquito-Born
Encephalitis Epidemic
Kills 18 In China
| HONG KONG (Reuters) -- An outbreak
of encephalitis B in China's southern Guangdong province has infected as
many as 211 children and killed 18 of them, the South China Morning Post
reported on Friday, citing official figures... "A Guangdong doctor was quoted by the newspaper as saying that with 211 cases, the outbreak was now an epidemic. "That's a lot. It's quite bad. This disease spreads very fast. The key to managing it is mosquito control," the doctor said." http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HKG751.htm And a similar story on Yahoo news has this additional information: "On Thursday, an emergency health notice was issued requiring vaccination [against encephalitis] of all children aged six months to six years in the [Guangdong] province. "It is estimated that 50 percent of children in the province, which borders Hong Kong, remain at risk, having received no vaccination. "Guangdong was where Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome originated, a disease that quickly spread around the world, infecting more than 8,000 people and killing hundreds." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1508&ncid=751&e=9&u=/afp/20030620/hl_afp/health_china_outbreak Jeff - And an interesting bit of "second hand" information... a girlfriend of mine has a nephew who lives in China. He has said that the Chinese gov't takes their SARS quarantines seriously -- persons who dare to break their quarantines & leave their homes are shot. -Shari |
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