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Virus spreads pinkeye
By Li Xinran |
September 16, 2010, Thursday
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PINKEYE epidemic hit both Jiangsu and Guangdong provinces this month because of a virus attack, the local health watchdog said.
A hospital in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, accepted 100 pinkeye patients yesterday, Guangzhou-based Southern Metropolis Daily reported yesterday.
The Guangzhou Center of Disease Control and Prevention detected coxsackie virus among most cases and confirmed a cluster of cases in the province.
Meanwhile, most villagers in Xinzhuang Town of Jiangsu's Yixing City were seen wearing sunglasses day and night because of the eye infection. Adults mainly caught the infection from their children, who got it at school, said Yixing's health authorities.
A man surnamed Chen and his wife were both affected by their son whose class of 40 students had more than 20 who were sick.
Similar infections among family members were reported in Guangzhou.
Lin Xiaoming, who heads the outpatient department of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University, said the infection spread because of parents treated their children improperly.
Wang Ming, director of Gaungzhou CDC, said the infection, while easy to control, was mainly transmitted from hands to eyes.
A hospital in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, accepted 100 pinkeye patients yesterday, Guangzhou-based Southern Metropolis Daily reported yesterday.
The Guangzhou Center of Disease Control and Prevention detected coxsackie virus among most cases and confirmed a cluster of cases in the province.
Meanwhile, most villagers in Xinzhuang Town of Jiangsu's Yixing City were seen wearing sunglasses day and night because of the eye infection. Adults mainly caught the infection from their children, who got it at school, said Yixing's health authorities.
A man surnamed Chen and his wife were both affected by their son whose class of 40 students had more than 20 who were sick.
Similar infections among family members were reported in Guangzhou.
Lin Xiaoming, who heads the outpatient department of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University, said the infection spread because of parents treated their children improperly.
Wang Ming, director of Gaungzhou CDC, said the infection, while easy to control, was mainly transmitted from hands to eyes.
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