MaMa — 14 December 2006, 01:25
Here is the link for the other site as well, which includes the Summary for Dec 13
News For December 14
China, Dec.14 …The official Xinhua news agency added that sub-standard rabies vaccines had been responsible for several deaths recently, though it did not elaborate…The statement did not provide details on how many people may have been affected by fake vaccines.
Rabies has killed more people in China than either tuberculosis or Aids in each of the preceding seven months,
the health ministry said on Monday, prompting a crackdown in the capital and several provinces to control unregistered dogs.
In the first nine months of 2006, the health ministry recorded 2,254 rabies infections in people, up 26,69 percent on the same period in 2005.
Some 2,660 people died of rabies in China in 2004, according to health ministry figures.
The Chinese government has also previously expressed concern about fake or poor quality bird flu vaccines used on domestic poultry.”…
MaMa — 14 December 2006, 23:25