Infectious diseases killed over 1,000 Chinese in January

By IANS,

Beijing: A total of 488,271 cases of infectious diseases were reported in the Chinese in January that led to the death of 1,167 people, the health ministry said Thursday.


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Among the cases, 2,319 were of Influenza A or H1N1, which killed nine people, Xinhua reported.

At least 1,147 deaths were caused by diseases like viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, syphilis, dysentery and gonorrhea.

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