China orders heightened efforts to stop deadly virus
May 3, 2008 By CHARLES HUTZLER, Associated Press Writer
In this photo released by China\'s Xinhua News Agency, medical workers take a medical examination for a young patient at No.2 People's Hospital of Fuyang City in east China's Anhui Province Thursday, May 1, 2008. Chinese health authorities have reported an additional 593 children infected with an intestinal virus that killed 20 in an eastern city, a state news agency said Friday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Jian)
(AP) -- China's Health Ministry ordered heightened efforts to stem the spread of infectious diseases Saturday following an outbreak of a virus that has caused the deaths of 22 children in one city and is spreading.
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