China urges precautions against deadly virus
May 7, 2008 By AUDRA ANG, Associated Press Writer
A child suspected of carrying the EV-71 virus receives treatment in a hospital in Hefei in central China's Anhui province Monday May 5, 2008. More than 11,900 children have been reported sick with hand, foot and mouth disease in China, and at least 26 of those cases have died, according to China's Xinhua News Agency. (AP Photo)
(AP) -- China has made it mandatory for health care providers to report all cases of a viral illness that has sickened thousands of young children across the country, as the death toll rose Wednesday to 28.
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