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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Cholera outbreak 'covered up' in China AFP - 2 hours 31 minutes ago Send IM Story Print Cholera outbreak 'covered up' in China BEIJING (AFP) - – Authorities in eastern China covered up an outbreak of cholera for 12 days out of fears that publicising the often fatal disease would shock the local population, state press said Sunday. According to the website of the Anhui province health department, 38 people have contracted cholera since August 16 and the outbreak was under preliminary control with the numbers of cases diminishing. Five patients remain hospitalised, it said. Cholera causes serious diarrhoea and vomiting, leading to dehydration, and can be fatal if not treated quickly. It normally breaks out in impoverished regions with poor sanitation. Although health authorities have not reported any deaths, Internet chatrooms were abuzz with rumours that several people have died from the disease. At the same time state media criticised the government for covering up the epidemic and refusing to alert the local population. "On August 16, the Anhui centre for disease control had confirmed the outbreak of cholera, but it was not until August 28 that it was publicised," the Beijing News said in an editorial. "The government covered up the outbreak for 12 days." The paper quoted Wang Jianjun, the vice director of the Anhui centre for disease control as saying that local officials were powerless to publicise disease outbreaks and had to wait for approval from more senior officials. "Besides, if every outbreak of disease is publicised every time, this will easily lead the public to become paralysed in their thinking," the report cited him as saying without elaboration. The cholera outbreak has been traced to soybean milk shop in Anhui's Mengcheng city. Poor sanitation and a lax food safety regime have repeatedly led to health scares in China. Last week, 87 children were hospitalised after eating tainted yoghurt at a kindergarten in northwest China's Gansu, state media reported Saturday. Also last week a cooking oil company in central China acknowledged it had waited five months before notifying the public that one of its products had been found to contain excessive carcinogens. In one of the biggest scandals, huge amounts of the industrial chemical melamine were found in 2008 to have been illegally added to dairy products to give the appearance of higher protein content. The scandal was blamed for the deaths of at least six infants and for making 300,000 others ill in China. Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles N.Zealand braces for more destruction after quake AFP - 16 minutes ago Gales, aftershocks shake quake hit New Zealand city Reuters - 1 hour 15 minutes ago Abbott makes plea in Australia political impasse AFP - 2 hours 1 minute ago Typhoon delays US-S.Korea naval exercise AFP - 2 hours 11 minutes ago Thousands of Japanese schools serving whale meat AFP - 2 hours 26 minutes ago News Search Top Stories A month on, Chile miners face uncertain rescue date Sharapova, Federer battle on in US tennis Open EU deal to curb speculative trading close: commissioner EU decision on support for banks due November: commissioner Afghans crowd scandal-hit bank to withdraw savings More Top Stories » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed Most Recommended Zeta-Jones 'furious' at late cancer diagnosis for Douglas BP spill costs hit 8 bln dlrs as crews unearth clues Afghans crowd scandal-hit bank to withdraw savings Israeli researchers develop promising new HIV treatment 'Prostitute' Carla Bruni deserves death: Iran media More Most Viewed » Earth's upper atmosphere shrinking, scientists say Tiger's ex breaks her silence on sex scandal Most US students think Beethoven is a dog Unchecked migration would see Singapore swell, Haiti halve More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! Financial news on Yahoo! Finance Stars and latest movies Best travel destinations More on Yahoo! News Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Subscribe to our news feeds Top StoriesMy Yahoo!RSS » More news feeds | What are news feeds? Also on Yahoo! Answers Groups Mail Messenger Mobile Travel Finance Movies Sports Games » All Yahoo! Services Site Highlights Singapore Full Coverage Most Popular Asia Entertainment Photos World Cup 2010 Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Community | Intellectual Property Rights Policy | Help

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