Five More Chinese Children Die from Virus

From Reuters:

A strain of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed five more children in China, bringing the death toll in recent weeks to 39, state media said on Monday.

But the official Xinhua news agency cited health officials as saying that the epidemic was being brought under control, with more children being discharged from hospital.

A girl in eastern Anhui province died of the disease on Thursday, while one child died in southern Hainan province and three died in southern Guangdong.

Read also Health ministry: Viral outbreak in worst-hit China city under control from Xinhua.

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