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Article: East China's Shandong reports one more death from hand-foot-mouth disease
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 2, 2009
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East China's Shandong reports one more death from hand-foot-
mouth disease
JINAN, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Health authorities in east China's
Shandong Province confirmed Saturday one more child died of hand-
foot-mouth disease, driving up the death toll from the 23 in the
province.
The latest death occurred Thursday in Caoxian County, Heze City.
No other details about the newly dead child, such as the sex and
age, is available.
The total included 18 deaths in Heze, two each in Jining and
Liaocheng, and one in Yantai, according to Shandong Provincial
Health Bureau.
The populous province has reported more than 29,227 cases of the
contagious disease, 826 of which were severe, local health ...