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Heat wave kills at least 10 in city
By Ke Jiayun | 2013-7-31 | NEWSPAPER EDITION
THE death toll from the persistent hot weather in Shanghai has crossed 10, officials confirmed yesterday.
More than 10 people have died of heat stroke this summer in Shanghai, including three in Minhang, the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention said late yesterday.
About one-third of them fell sick even though they spent time indoors, the center said, without giving more details.
The latest victim succumbed to heat stroke at the Minhang District Central Hospital yesterday, in addition to two patients who died there on Saturday.
The hospital said another two patients were in life-threatening condition.
A doctor at the hospital advised senior citizens not to avoid air conditioning, dismissing a widely held belief among the elderly Chinese that air conditioning was unhealthy or a waste of money, according to a Xinhua news agency report.
The high temperature yesterday stood at 39.4 degrees Celsius - the 24th straight day of high temperatures in the city - and making July the hottest summer in decades, according to the Xujiahui observatory. The previous record was in July 1934 which had a total of 23 high temperature days when it hovered at or above 35 degrees.
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By Ke Jiayun | 2013-7-31 | NEWSPAPER EDITION
THE death toll from the persistent hot weather in Shanghai has crossed 10, officials confirmed yesterday.
More than 10 people have died of heat stroke this summer in Shanghai, including three in Minhang, the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention said late yesterday.
About one-third of them fell sick even though they spent time indoors, the center said, without giving more details.
The latest victim succumbed to heat stroke at the Minhang District Central Hospital yesterday, in addition to two patients who died there on Saturday.
The hospital said another two patients were in life-threatening condition.
A doctor at the hospital advised senior citizens not to avoid air conditioning, dismissing a widely held belief among the elderly Chinese that air conditioning was unhealthy or a waste of money, according to a Xinhua news agency report.
The high temperature yesterday stood at 39.4 degrees Celsius - the 24th straight day of high temperatures in the city - and making July the hottest summer in decades, according to the Xujiahui observatory. The previous record was in July 1934 which had a total of 23 high temperature days when it hovered at or above 35 degrees.
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