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By Bill Savadove (AFP) ? 1 hour ago
SHANGHAI ? China has detained at least a dozen people for spreading false rumours about bird flu, police statements showed Wednesday, with authorities seeking to control "panic" as the number of cases rose to 33.
There have been nine deaths since China announced over a week ago that the H7N9 strain of avian influenza had been found in humans for the first time.
Local governments announced five new cases on Wednesday, but state media also reported a four-year-old boy in Shanghai had been released from hospital, the first person to be cured of H7N9.
Police across the country had held people for spreading "false information" over the Internet about outbreaks of H7N9 where they lived, statements over recent days collated by AFP showed.
The latest such announcement came Wednesday from the southwest city of Guiyang where three people have been detained, for up to 10 days.
Their actions "caused panic among netizens and citizens", local police said.
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SHANGHAI ? China has detained at least a dozen people for spreading false rumours about bird flu, police statements showed Wednesday, with authorities seeking to control "panic" as the number of cases rose to 33.
There have been nine deaths since China announced over a week ago that the H7N9 strain of avian influenza had been found in humans for the first time.
Local governments announced five new cases on Wednesday, but state media also reported a four-year-old boy in Shanghai had been released from hospital, the first person to be cured of H7N9.
Police across the country had held people for spreading "false information" over the Internet about outbreaks of H7N9 where they lived, statements over recent days collated by AFP showed.
The latest such announcement came Wednesday from the southwest city of Guiyang where three people have been detained, for up to 10 days.
Their actions "caused panic among netizens and citizens", local police said.
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