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Beijing warning as SARS hero cries foul on H1N1 deaths
Beijing has ordered more accurate reporting of human swine flu, or H1N1, fatalities after a doctor renowned for helping expose the scale of the 2003 SARS outbreak said deaths were being deliberately underplayed.
The order issued late on Thursday on the Health Ministry website appeared to be an attempt to put a lid on suspicions of a cover-up along the lines of the SARS outbreak, which authorities initially tried to hide.
Those suspicions were fuelled when the SARS hero, Zhong Nanshan, was quoted by a newspaper in Guangdong as questioning the official nationwide tally of 53 deaths out of nearly 70,000 cases.
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Beijing warning as SARS hero cries foul on H1N1 deaths
Beijing has ordered more accurate reporting of human swine flu, or H1N1, fatalities after a doctor renowned for helping expose the scale of the 2003 SARS outbreak said deaths were being deliberately underplayed.
The order issued late on Thursday on the Health Ministry website appeared to be an attempt to put a lid on suspicions of a cover-up along the lines of the SARS outbreak, which authorities initially tried to hide.
Those suspicions were fuelled when the SARS hero, Zhong Nanshan, was quoted by a newspaper in Guangdong as questioning the official nationwide tally of 53 deaths out of nearly 70,000 cases.
...more at link