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China urges precautions against deadly virus



By AUDRA ANG
07 May 2008 @ 07:07 am EST


China Child Virus
A child suspected of carrying the EV-71 virus receives treatment in a hospital in Hefei in central China's Anhui province Monday May 5, 2008. More than 11,900 children have been reported sick with hand, foot and mouth disease in China, and at least 26 of those cases have died, according to China's Xinhua News Agency. (AP Photo)
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Mao insisted there would not be any impact on the games, which begin Aug. 8. Already embassies and foreign schools have sent out notices urging vigilance against the disease.

Both Mao and WHO China representative Hans Troedsson said they expected more cases to emerge because of the tighter reporting requirements and because the disease will likely peak with warmer weather in June and July.

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