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Article: CHINA CONCEALING BIRD FLU CASES: TAIWAN PRESIDENT.

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February 24, 2006
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TAIPEI, Feb 24 Asia Pulse - President Chen Shui-bian said Thursday that China has been concealing avian flu cases in the country, making it a "hole" in the global health protection net.

In the president's latest e-letter posted on his Web site, Chen noted that from the start of 2003 to mid-February of this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed a total of 169 cases of H5N1 infection in humans in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Iraq, Thailand, Cambodia and Turkey, with 91 of the cases resulting in death.

Now, avian flu is spreading westward to Western Europe, Chen added.

According to Chen, the Chinese government confirmed a case of H5N1 …

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