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18:42, 25-Nov-2018
Over 2,000 die of infectious diseases in China in October
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18:21, 28-Nov-2018
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A total of 2,138 people died as a result of infectious diseases in China in October, official data showed.
The Health News quoted the National Health Commission as saying earlier this week that there were 604,282 cases of infectious diseases reported on the mainland last month.
One case of cholera was reported in November but no cases of plague have been reported. No fatalities caused by these diseases have been reported, the newspaper report said.
Cholera and plague are classified as Class A infectious diseases, the most serious classification in China's Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases.
A total of 284,539 infections of Class B infectious diseases were reported, resulting in 2,130 of the deaths. Viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, syphilis, gonorrhea, as well as dysentery, accounted for 93 percent of these cases.
Class C diseases caused eight deaths, the report said.
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Source(s): Xinhua News Agency