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Published 11/03/2009 by BBC


China battles surge in swine flu

By Michael Bristow BBC News, Beijing Stringent border controls did not prevent H1N1 spreading into China China is fighting a rapid rise in the number of swine flu cases after initially appearing to have the outbreak under control.

The ministry of health says there have been seven deaths and...

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...inside China. "The epidemic has entered a period of high incidence earlier than we expected and the infected cases are rapidly increasing" said Chinese Health...
China battles surge in swine flu [BBC - 11/03/2009]
...its approach. "In the first few months they were trying to stop the virus at the borders because they were mostly seeing imported cases" said Vivian Tan, s...
China battles surge in swine flu [BBC - 11/03/2009]
...in China. "But they realised it was too much effort, with very little impact. They then shifted focus to controlling it inside the country." The number of cases...
China battles surge in swine flu [BBC - 11/03/2009]

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