BEIJING (Reuters) - A strain of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed four more children in China, bringing the death toll in recent weeks to 34, state media said on Friday, as it praised a doctor who alerted authorities to the epidemic.
An eight-month-old girl and a boy aged one and a half, who both died in southern China, were among the latest victims of an outbreak international experts have warned has yet to peak.
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