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Saturday, July 10, 2010

China : 1,623 people die of infectious diseases in June

A reported released by the Ministry of Health, via Xinhua :

" BEIJING, July 9 : A total of 806,110 cases of infectious diseases were reported from the Chinese mainland in June that left 1,623 people dead, according to a report published by China's Ministry of Health (MOH) on its website Friday.

Of these cases, two were Class A infectious diseases such as plague and cholera. And one man died of plague.

Altogether 342,649 Class B diseases were reported which left 1,436 dead. Tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, syphilis, dysentery and gonorrhea were five most frequently reported cases, accounting for 93.85 percent of all Class B cases, the report said."

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