Once through the toll booths on the main highway, the first roadside billboard in Sichuan is somewhat surprising.
It tells incoming drivers they are entering a “disease free zone”, a model for the nation.
But far from being disease free, this area has become a death zone.
A disease caused by the pig-borne bacterium streptococcus suis has now killed more than 35 people, with nearly 200 others infected.
China villagers ignorant of pig disease – Nick Mackie
Posted by Xiao Qiang | Aug 6, 2005
Categories : Society
Tags :H1N1,pig disease,public health
