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China reports third confirmed swine flu case: state media
Beijing (AFP) May 16, 2009A third confirmed swine flu case on the Chinese mainland was reported in Beijing late Saturday, state media quoted the Ministry of Health as saying. The official Xinhua news agency said the newly confirmed case of A(H1N1), as the disease is officially known, involved an 18-year-old woman who had been previously reported as a suspected case by the Emergency Management Office of Beijing Munici ... more Would NHS staff Go To Work During A Flu Pandemic 
Birmingham, UK (SPX) May 18, 2009A survey of health care workers has revealed that as many as 85% may stay off work if an influenza pandemic did take hold of the country. The results of the survey, published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, suggest that levels of absenteeism may be significantly higher than current official estimates and that 'willingness', rather than 'ability', plays the largest role in hea ... more Four dead in China viaduct collapse: state media 
Beijing (AFP) May 17, 2009At least four people were killed Sunday when a viaduct collapsed in central China, crushing several vehicles including a bus, state media reported citing local officials. The official Xinhua news agency said the death toll was likely to rise as firefighters and armed police searched through the rubble in the city of Zhuzhou in Hunan province for more vehicles and possible victims. Rescue ... more One dead, 11 missing after China ship sinks: state media 
Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2009One person was killed and 11 were missing on Friday after a ship carrying sand sank amid rough seas off northeastern China, state media reported. The ship from central China's Hubei province, went down Thursday night in the Bohai Gulf off Liaoning province, Xinhua news agency said, quoting local officials. It quoted local fish farmers as saying the ship was seen earlier with 11 men and o ... more Telecoms Sans Frontieres To Train 40 Field Telecommunication Technicians 
Pau, France (SPX) May 18, 2009Telecoms Sans Frontieres signed a contract with the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) to carry out an international training program in emergency telecommunications. During this one year program, 40 humanitarian organizations in the regions of Central America, the Caribbean and South-East Asia will be trained to respond to emergency communication issues in crisis zon ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2009As China marks the first anniversary of the devastating Sichuan quake, foreign reporters say they are being obstructed by authorities keen to keep a firm lid on any embarrassing coverage. Journalists trying to interview residents -- including parents of children who died when schools collapsed like packs of cards -- have been accosted and shooed away by officials in a series of incidents in ... more China's fleeing quake teacher says he made right move 
Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2009A Chinese teacher who made headlines for leaving his students behind during last year's Sichuan earthquake said Tuesday he was at peace with his decision to flee and did not feel "much grief". Fan Meizhong, 37, also known as 'Running Fan', was fired from a school in Dujiangyan, near the epicentre of the quake in the southwestern province of Sichuan, after he was berated for admitting online ... more China ups swine flu effort as global cases pass 5,000
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2009China ramped up efforts to contain swine flu and awaited confirmation Wednesday of a second suspected case on the mainland, as the number of infections worldwide soared past the 5,000 mark. State news agency Xinhua said a man was under treatment in eastern China's Shandong province where he had arrived by train after flying to Beijing from Canada. China has already isolated 349 people ... more China, Hong Kong confirm their second swine flu cases 
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2009China and Hong Kong confirmed Wednesday their second separate cases of swine flu, both in passengers who flew in from North America, and stepped up the search for those who came into contact with them. In Beijing, authorities said a student who recently returned from Canada and then took a train to the eastern province of Shandong despite feeling feverish, had tested positive for the virus. ... more |
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Johannesburg (AFP) May 11, 2009New South African President Jacob Zuma tapped an obscure provincial politician to guide the nation through the world's worst HIV crisis, raising questions about the strength of the health ministry. Aaron Motsoaledi, a medical doctor currently serving as a provinicial education official, will take office as the new health minister Monday -- the second change in the post in less than a year. ... more Hope mixes with grief among China's quake survivors 
Beichuan, China (AFP) May 11, 2009Gong Guilin lost both his legs in last year's massive Sichuan earthquake. Now he dreams of becoming a Paralympic tennis player. One year after the quake struck, hope is slowly returning to Gong's life, as it is for millions of other survivors, but for many the will to move on is mixed with a sense of indelible grief. "I like tennis best, but I play basketball and like riding the bike," ... more Quarantine ends at Hong Kong swine flu hotel 
Hong Kong (AFP) May 8, 2009More than 280 guests and staff forced to spend a week quarantined in their Hong Kong hotel over fears of swine flu finally tasted freedom when authorities released them on Friday. The Hong Kong government, with bitter experience of the deadly SARS virus in 2003, had sealed them inside their hotel last Friday after it emerged that a Mexican who tested positive for the A(H1N1) virus had stayed ... more Analysis: A jungle in France 
Berlin (UPI) May 8, 2009 France may change an immigration law because of a movie about the plight of an Iraqi fugitive trying to get from France to Britain by swimming across the English Channel. "Welcome," the French film that has the country in a controversy over its laws concerning illegal immigrants, is set in Calais, a port city in northern France. It tells the tale of Bilal, a 17-year-old Kurd from northe ... more
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