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Article: East China's Shandong says 22 children die of hand-foot-mouth disease
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 28, 2009
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East China's Shandong says 22 children die of hand-foot-mouth
disease
JINAN, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-two children died from hand-
foot-mouth disease as of Sunday in eastern China's Shandong
Province, the provincial health administration announced Tuesday.
The total included 17 deaths in Heze, two each in Jining and
Liaocheng, and one in Yantai.
The populous province has reported 29,227 cases of the contagious
disease, 826 of which were severe, local health authorities said. So
far, 23,161 have recovered.
Hospitals in the province were ordered to reserve enough beds and
other resources to prepare for any massive outbreak, and public
awareness campaigns have been mounted.
The disease ...