By KUNA,
Tokyo : China’s Ministry of Health reported 1,397 deaths from infectious diseases in July, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.
Some 750,000 infections were registered last month, including 10 cholera infections, the ministry said in a statement, according to Xinhua. No plague cases or deaths from cholera were reported in July, it said.
Plague and cholera are categorized as Class A infectious diseases — the most serious class under China’s Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases. More than 350,000 cases of Class B diseases were also reported in the month, with 1,251 of them resulting in death.
Tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, dysentery, syphilis and gonorrhea were among the five most frequently reported cases in the month, accounting for 94 percent of all Class B cases. The death toll due to Class C disease was 146, such as hand-foot-mouth disease.