24 Chinese children die of virus; other countries affected

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In this photo released by Chinas Xinhua News Agency medical workers take a medical examination for a young patient at No.2 Peoples Hospital of Fuyang City in east Chinas Anhui Province Thursday May 1 2008. Chinese health authorities have reported an ...
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) -- A common illness that typically causes little more than a fever and rash has killed 24 children in China, and health officials fear the worst may be yet to come as outbreaks occur in neighboring countries.


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