China says hand, foot and mouth disease spreading among children

A child stricken with the intestinal virus, identified as enterovirus 71 or EV-71, rest at a hospital in Fuyang, central China's Anhui province, Sunday, May 4, 2008. A highly infectious virus that has killed 24 children in China is unlikely to be a threat to the Beijing Olympics, although it is too early to tell whether it has peaked, the World Health Organization said Sunday. (AP Photo)