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Two more die of flu

NORTHEAST China's Heilongjiang Province reported its first death from A/H1N1 influenza yesterday. It is believed to be the fifth death resulting from the disease on China's mainland. The Ministry of Health... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Sat, Oct 31 2009

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