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Deadly China Virus Not Seen as Olympic Threat  

Posted May 5, 08 7:10 AM CDT in Science & Health,  World    Most Covered

(newser) – The outbreak of a deadly virus in China hasn’t peaked yet—but it won’t affect the Beijing Games, a World Health Organization rep said. “I don't see it at all as a threat to the Olympics or any upcoming events,” he noted. Enterovirus 71 has killed 24 children and infected thousands, the Guardian reports. But the highest volume of cases is usually seen in June and July, WHO said.

The Chinese government is working to contain the virus, closing nurseries and spraying disinfectant; it is credited with cutting the fatality rate from 11% in March to .2%. Two more children died this weekend from the disease, but the WHO attributed it to separate outbreaks rather than the illness spreading.

Source Guardian (UK)

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Deadly China Virus Not Seen as Olympic Threat
Parents of a 2-year-old who has contracted the intestinal virus identified as enterovirus 71 listen as doctors consult each other at a Chinese hospital Sunday.   (AP Photo)
Deadly China Virus Not Seen as Olympic Threat
A child stricken with enterovirus 71 rests at a hospital in Fuyang, central China's Anhui province, Sunday, May 4, 2008.   (AP Photo)
Deadly China Virus Not Seen as Olympic Threat
A child stricken with enterovirus 71 rests at a hospital in Fuyang, central China's Anhui province, Sunday, May 4, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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