(Xinhua)Updated: 2008-05-06 06:31

The number of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) cases reported in China this year has risen to 11,905 by Monday, resulting in 26 deaths, according to Xinhua counting of local official figures.

Tang Xiaoping, an epidemic expert and deputy head of the health bureau of Guangzhou, said the drastic rise is a result of an order by the Ministry of Health on Friday, which classifies HFMD as a C class epidemic that must be reported to the ministry.

...

With SARS still in the back of people's mind, the whole thing may sound familiar.

corrupt! muddleheaded!fraudulent!

__________________
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/...s-boycott.html

I read about that recently. Worries me for all the contestants and their axillary people, not to mention the observers.
When I read it I wondered. I have heard of foot and mouth disease in cattle, but
never heard of HFMD.

__________________