Deadly virus won't be another SARS - doctor

    (Agencies)
    Updated: 2008-05-07 12:44

    BEIJING - A prominent Chinese doctor said China's deadly hand, foot and mouth outbreak will not become another epidemic on the scale of the SARS virus, even as the numbers of reported cases mounted on Wednesday.

    Hand, foot and mouth is a common childhood illness, but the current outbreak has led to some 27 fatalities, mostly when linked with enterovirus 71 (EV71), which can cause a severe form of the disease, characterised by high fever, paralysis and meningitis.

    "The situation is completely different from SARS," Zhong Nanshan, a Chinese expert on respiratory diseases, said in an article posted on the government Web site of southern Guangdong province, where SARS was discovered in 2002.

    "At present, the disease has already been diagnosed and there is proper prevention, so it will not evolve into a SARS-like epidemic."

    Xinhua put the number of cases of hand, foot and mouth at 15,799, up from about 12,000 cases reported on Tuesday, though it was not clear whether the jump was due to the disease's spread or more thorough reporting.

    A two-year-old girl in the central province of Hunan has become the latest to die of the EV71 strain, the official Xinhua news agency reported. It was the first reported death in that area.

    The outbreak has centred on Fuyang, in the poor, eastern province of Anhui, but Xinhua said the city had seen no fatalities for the past five days, suggesting the situation there was stabilising.

    Health officials have cautioned that the outbreak has yet to peak, saying its high season is usually June and July.

    In Beijing, two kindergartens were temporarily closed after children showed symptoms of hand, foot and mouth, but the Beijing News reported that laboratory tests had not yet confirmed whether it was the EV71 strain.

    At least one international school in Beijing has also sent out a notice regarding the outbreak, warning parents to watch for signs of tiredness, fever and blisters and saying that in line with usual practice those with fever should be kept at home.



    Top China News  
    Today's Top News  
    Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
    精品久久久久久无码中文字幕一区| 野花在线无码视频在线播放 | 人妻丰满熟妇无码区免费| 亚洲精品无码午夜福利中文字幕| 色综合久久无码中文字幕| 中文字幕一区二区三区永久| 亚洲日韩VA无码中文字幕| 久久人妻少妇嫩草AV无码专区| 中文字幕无码不卡在线| 中文字幕手机在线视频| 一本大道无码日韩精品影视| AAA级久久久精品无码区| 无码人妻一区二区三区免费看| 最好看的电影2019中文字幕 | 无码一区二区三区老色鬼| 色综合久久中文字幕综合网| 一二三四社区在线中文视频| 久久久久久av无码免费看大片| 欧洲无码一区二区三区在线观看 | 精品成在人线AV无码免费看| 亚洲成AV人片在线观看无码| 无码人妻丰满熟妇区BBBBXXXX| 中文字幕亚洲精品| 好看的中文字幕二区高清在线观看| 一本大道久久东京热无码AV| 久久亚洲AV无码西西人体| 国产办公室秘书无码精品99| 久久AV高清无码| 国产∨亚洲V天堂无码久久久| 激情无码人妻又粗又大中国人| 日韩免费无码一区二区三区| 亚洲韩国精品无码一区二区三区 | 国产AV无码专区亚洲AV手机麻豆| 久久男人中文字幕资源站| 最近中文国语字幕在线播放| 欧美亚洲精品中文字幕乱码免费高清| 天堂а√中文在线| 中文字幕在线看日本大片| 亚洲桃色AV无码| 亚洲成a人片在线观看无码| 日韩精品无码一区二区三区免费|