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News Bites: China Vehicle Imports Rise, EV71 Virus Spreads Further PDF Print E-mail

By Peter Bachmann, on Saturday, 10 May 2008

Published in : The News, News May 2008


China Vehicle Imports Rise Steeply
China imported 103,200 vehicles in the first quarter of 2008, according to statistics of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. This represents an increase of 74.54 per cent compared to the same 2007 period. Imports of luxury cars including Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, by 82 per cent.


EV71 Virus Spreads Further

The hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak in China has killed 32 children and infected another 24,934 so far, state media reports. The current outbreak has been linked to the enterovirus 71, which leads to fever, paralysis and meningitis. The disease spread from Anhui province and has now already reached other regions in the south and the north of the country, including Henan and Guangdong provinces.


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Keywords : Automobile, Imports, EV71, Disease, Health, Infection


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