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China sees no new child cases of Kashin-Beck disease for 2 yrs Xinhua | Updated: 2021-04-24 18:01 Share CLOSE
BEIJING China has seen no new child cases of Kashin-Beck disease, also known as big bone disease, for two consecutive years, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Prevention and Control (China CDC).
The detection rate of the disease among children, via X-ray inspection, has shown a downward trend, dropping to less than 1 percent in 2010, Sun Dianjun, an official with the endemic disease center of the China CDC, said on Saturday at a national symposium on the prevention and control work of the Kashin-Beck disease.
Thailand sets daily record of COVID-19 deaths for second day
FILE PHOTO: A closed bar is seen on Friday afternoon as the country struggles with a third wave of infections of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19, in Sukhumvit road, in Bangkok, Thailand April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo reuters tickers
This content was published on April 25, 2021 - 05:36
April 25, 2021 - 05:36
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Sunday set a record for the daily number of COVID-19 deaths for the second consecutive day, just as authorities step up the response to a rapid third wave of infection after about a year of relative success slowing the novel coronavirus spread.
Almost three million Swiss have âprobably been infectedâ with Covid-19
Having a drink in Lucerne on Monday, when restaurant terraces and outdoor seating areas re-opened Keystone / Alexandra Wey
Covid-19 stories in the Sunday newspapers include government estimates that almost three million people in Switzerland have had coronavirus, that poverty increases oneâs chance of contracting and dying from it, and that recruitment problems are affecting vaccine delivery.
This content was published on April 25, 2021 - 12:22
April 25, 2021 - 12:22
Thomas Stephens
Born in London, Thomas was a journalist at The Independent before moving to Bern in 2005. He speaks three official Swiss languages and enjoys travelling the country and practising them, above all in pubs, restaurants and gelaterias.