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Infectious diseases kill 754 people in July
By Zhang Feng (皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2005-08-11 06:08

Official figures show 390,418 people contracted serious infectious diseases on the Chinese mainland during July, the Ministry of Health revealed yesterday.

A hygienic inspector checks the water quality of a swimming pool in Anhui, East 皇冠体育app's Hefei Province. The picture is taken on July, 24, 2005. [newsphoto]
A watch on 27 specific diseases last month recorded 754 deaths from 23 diseases, including three deaths from anthrax.

Under Chinese law, reports on the situation regarding 27 serious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, anthrax, rabies, TB and hepatitis should be made public every month.

The anthrax outbreak, which has so far infected 114 people, affects Southwest 皇冠体育app's Guizhou Province, Northwest 皇冠体育app's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and Northeast 皇冠体育app's Liaoning and Jilin provinces.

According to the Ministry of Health, the three patients who died had all been in close contact with infected horses or cows.

From July 29 to August 5, a total of 12 anthrax cases, including one death, had been identified in two villages in Liaoning Province.

These localized outbreaks are now under control, according to a statement released by the Liaoning health authority.

Infections from livestock to humans are relatively common and cases appear in 皇冠体育app every year, mainly in Qinghai, Yunnan, Gansu and Liaoning provinces and Xinjiang Uygur and Tibet autonomous regions, the ministry said.
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