Thirty-seven Chinese die in public health incidents in October

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http://english.people.com.cn/200611/...14_321408.html

UPDATED: 18:39, November 14, 2006

China's ministry of health recorded 263 public health incidents involving 8,594 people and 37 deaths in October.

With the incidence of respiratory diseases rising in the approach to winter, the ministry ordered local health authorities to intensify monitoring and reporting of cases of H5N1 avian influenza, flu, SARS and pneumonia with causes unknown, so as to quickly identify the outbreak and spread of epidemic diseases and take effective countermeasures.

Local health authorities should strengthen hygiene monitoring of school dining facilities to reduce and avoid food poisoning incidents, the MOH said.

Public health emergencies include the sudden outbreak and spread of contagious diseases, an outbreak of a disease with no known cause, mass food poisoning or industrial poisoning.

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Re: Thirty-seven Chinese die in public health incidents in October

The medical department announces in October, 2006 the nation to arise suddenly the public health event information People's Republic of China Medical department www.moh.gov.cn 2006-11-13

[COMMENT: World Lingo Translation]

The medical department today announces in October, 2006 the nation to arise suddenly the public health event information. In October, 2006, the nation (including Hong-Kong, Macao and Taiwan) altogether did not report arises suddenly the public health event (including not to grade event) 263, reported the case of illness 8594 people, died 37 people. According to the report, in October does not have arises suddenly the public health event specially significantly and arises suddenly the public health event to report significantly; Altogether reports 18 big events and 245 common events.

The expert believed that, at present entered the respiratory disease the succeeding in the imperial civil service examinations season, the medical department requests each place to strengthen the unclear reason pneumonia case of illness, the human infects high pathogenic monitors and the report and so on bird flu case of illness, flu type case of illness, SARS case of illness, the prompt discovery explodes with the popular symptom of a trend, adopts the effective action control epidemic situation; Strengthens unit collective cafeteria food health and so on the school supervising and managing, reduces and prevented the food poisoning class event occurs.

[COMMENT: World Lingo Translation]

The medical department announces in October, 2006 the national legal report infectious disease epidemic situation
People's Republic of China Medical department www.moh.gov.cn 2006-11-10

The medical department today announces in October, 2006 the national legal report infectious disease epidemic situation. In October, 2006, the nation (including Hong-Kong, Macao and Taiwan) altogether did not report the armor, the class B infectious disease are taken bad 325886 examples, died 714 examples; Compared with the last month, the morbidity reduced 28760 examples, the death reduces 104 examples.

The report morbidity number precedes five sickness to plant is in turn: Pulmonary tuberculosis, the second grade hepatitis, bacterial and amoeba dysentery, syphilis, gonorrhea, altogether account for the report morbidity total 87.05%; Compared with the last month, precedes five sickness to plant has not changed, the first five sickness planted the report morbidity number to account for the report morbidity total the proportion not to have the change.

The report fatality count precedes five sickness to plant is in turn: Rabies, pulmonary tuberculosis, AIDS, the second grade hepatitis, the tetanus neonatorum, altogether account for the report death total 91.74%; Compared with the last month, precedes five sickness to plant number first four not to change, the tetanus neonatorum substituted the epidemic second grade meningitis to enter first five, the first five sickness planted the report morbidity number to account for report morbidity total the percentage to increase 1.28 percentage points. Except that bubonic plague, infectious SARS pneumonia, the human bird flu, polio and diphtheria do not have the morbidity, outside the death report, other 22 kind of armor, the class B infectious disease have the report.

This month besides the filariasis, other 9 third kind of infectious diseases altogether reported is taken bad 114111 examples, died 7 examples; Compared with the last month, the morbidity increased 5912 examples, the death does not have the change. The report morbidity number precedes three sickness to plant is: Other infectious diarrhoeal diseases, the mumps, the flu, altogether occupy the third kind of infectious disease to report the morbidity total 97.76%. Compared with the last month, precedes three sickness to plant the first two kinds not to change, the flu substituted the acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis to enter first three, the first three sickness planted the report morbidity number to account for report morbidity total the percentage to increase 0.32 percentage points.

Appendix: In October, 2006 national legal report infectious disease epidemic situation table.doc

Medical department information office - On November 10, 2006

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Thank you for the translation post, standingfirm.