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World Health Organization (WHO) credits China's rapid response to the spread of a recent enterovirus (EV-71) outbreak—contrasting sharply with China's near universally condemned 2002 SARS outbreak response.

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• UPDATED 05/08/08 AP->Death toll from child viral disease up to 30 in China

  Reported cases of EV-71 have risen to 19,962 and the rate of reported cases has risen to 4,163 per 24 hour period.

• AP->China orders heightened efforts to stop deadly virus
  

  "...As of early Saturday, 3,736 cases of EV-71 were reported in Fuyang's mainly rural outskirts, a rise of 415 in about 24 hours, health officials said..."--AP--