China puts nation on alert to try to stop deadly virus
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080503/ap_on_re_as/china_child_virus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080502/capt.54e46ba7ec1d406687c9d37626b3c4cb.china_child_virus_xin101.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=IAkJzdElbbdZsXTZ7y1lwg--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, medical workers take a medical examination for a young patient at No.2 People's Hospital of Fuyang City in east China's Anhui Province Thursday, May 1, 2008. Chinese health authorities have reported an additional 593 children infected with an intestinal virus that killed 20 in an eastern city, a state news agency said Friday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Jian)" border="0" /></a>AP - China's Health Ministry issued a nationwide alert Saturday calling for heightened efforts to control a virus that has caused the deaths of 22 children in one city and shows signs of spreading.</p><br clear="all"/>

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