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Published 07/03/2009 by Xinhua News Agency

HK reports 44 new cases of A/H1N1 flu

HONG KONG, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Forty-four new cases of influenza A/H1N1 were reported Friday in Hong Kong, taking the number of total cases in the city to 901, local health authorities said in the evening.

The new cases involve 26 males and 18 females, aged between 2 and 81,...

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