BEIJING: Millions of migrant workers have ignored government warnings against returning from SARS-affected areas to their rural homes, as Premier Wen Jiabao warned yesterday of a serious outbreak in the Chinese hinterland.
More than 800,000 migrant workers have returned in recent weeks to central Henan province, one of the country's most populous areas, while one million have returned to neighbouring Anhui, local officials and press reports said.
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