12:17, 16 April 2009 | GMT +5
Death toll of hand-foot-mouth disease rises to 25 in C China province
ZHENGZHOU. April 16. KAZINFORM Seven more children died in a hand-foot-mouth disease outbreak in central China's populous Henan Province as of Wednesday, bringing the death toll from the disease to 25, said local authorities; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

Fourteen of the 25 dead were from Shangqiu City in east Henan, said Huang Wei, vice head of the provincial health department.
The dead were among the 30,844 cases reported in Henan, 10,922 up from the figure released last Tuesday; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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