China's Health Ministry Says Tens Of Millions Can Expect H1N1 In Nation
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
A Chinese health ministry official warned the nation could see tens of millions of people infected with the H1N1 flu virus in the next few months, and that serious and fatal cases would be inevitable. China already has recorded about 7,000 cases as the expected H1N1 season gets under way, half of the cases recorded within the past three weeks. A deputy director of the ministry's health-emergency office said the situation "is not optimistic," even though the nation has seen no fatalities from the disease so far. (Click here for more