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Monday, April 07, 2003Communist party sources in Beijing said the new leadership under President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao had urged central and regional officials to issue words of reassurance to the international community. Despite its upbeat stance, however, China's Ministry of Health announced Monday that the death toll from the virus had risen to 53, with 1,268 people infected. It was also revealed that people had died of the mysterious illness in more of its provinces than previously reported, according to Reuters. But that’s not what‘s happening in the universe inhabited by Chinese officials: Most official papers on Monday covered a high-profile visit by Premier Wen to the China Disease Control Center. Wen said the disease was "under effective control" in China, and that the great majority of provinces and cities had no SARS cases at all. Sounds like he went to the same school of public policy as this guy. posted by Sydney on 4/07/2003 08:22:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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