China swine flu death toll reaches 200
China’s official swine flu death toll has hit 200 with almost all of
the deaths recorded in November, the health ministry announced.
A statement posted on the ministry’s website Friday said 194 of the
deaths from the influenza A(H1N1) virus had been reported last month. A
ministry official quoted Saturday by the Beijing News said cold weather
was behind the rapid rise in fatalities.
A total of 92,904 cases of swine flu were reported by the end of
November, when China had vaccinated nearly 27 million people, the
ministry said. Beijing aims to vaccinate up to 65 million people by the
end of the year.
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