Hon Hai Confirms Employee Deaths
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TAIPEI—Two Hon Hai Precision Industry Co employees have fallen to their deaths in Zhengzhou, China, since late April, the company disclosed Monday, highlighting the continued struggles the Apple Inc. [...]
Deaths prompt concerns over elevator safety
A 24-year-old woman in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, was killed on Wednesday when she was about to step out of an elevator.
Safety experts have warned of more elevator and escalator accidents if problems in the industry are not solved.
Their [...]
India Ranks Number One in Cervical Cancer Deaths
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Of the 50 countries surveyed, maximum deaths from cervical cancer occurred in India, a new report says.
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Bangladesh collapse deaths top 620
By Kamrul Hasan Khan, AFPMay 6, 2013, 12:01 am TWN
SAVAR, Bangladesh–The death toll from Bangladesh’s worst industrial disaster surpassed 620 Sunday after dozens more bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a nine-storey building [...]
Bangladesh urges no harsh EU measures over deaths
By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir ,ReutersMay 5, 2013, 12:03 am TWN
DHAKA — Bangladesh on Saturday urged the European Union not to take tough measures against its economically crucial textile industry in response to the collapse of [...]
China confirms 108 H7N9 cases, 22 deaths
BEIJING – During the 24-hour period ending at 4 pm on Tuesday, China confirmed four new cases of human H7N9 avian influenza, including two in Zhejiang, one in Anhui and the first case in Shandong.
The National Health and Family Planning [...]
China confirms 104 H7N9 cases, 21 deaths
BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) — During the 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. on Monday, China confirmed two new cases of human H7N9 avian influenza — both reported in Zhejiang.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission said [...]
China reports 102 H7N9 cases, 20 deaths
Six new infections confirmed during the 24 hours ending at 16:00 Sunday brought the total number of H7N9 cases reported in China to 102.
Among the newly infected, five are in Zhejiang and one in Jiangsu.
The National Health and Family Planning [...]
China confirms 102 H7N9 cases, 20 deaths
BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) — During the 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. on Sunday, China confirmed six new cases of human H7N9 avian influenza, including five in Zhejiang and one in Jiangsu.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission [...]
China quake deaths, missing pass 200
By Michael Martina and Maxim Duncan ,ReutersApril 22, 2013, 12:06 am TWN
LUSHAN, China — Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country’s [...]
China confirms 102 H7N9 cases, 20 deaths
BEIJING – During the 24-hour period ending at 4 pm on Sunday, China confirmed six new cases of human H7N9 avian influenza, including five in Zhejiang and one in Jiangsu.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission said in its daily [...]
China confirms 96 H7N9 cases, 18 deaths
During the 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. on Saturday, China confirmed five new cases of human H7N9 avian influenza, including one in Shanghai, one in Jiangsu and three in Zhejiang.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission said in [...]
China confirms 91 H7N9 cases, 17 deaths
During the 24-hour period ending at 5 p.m. on Friday, China confirmed four new cases of human H7N9 avian influenza, including one in Jiangsu and three in Zhejiang.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission said in its daily update [...]
China confirms 87 H7N9 cases, 17 deaths
[unable to retrieve full-text content]During the 24-hour period ending at 5 p.m. on Thursday, China confirmed five new cases of human H7N9 avian influenza, including one in Shanghai, one in Jiangsu, two in Zhejiang and one in Henan.
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H7N9 not linked to animal deaths
ZHENGZHOU, April 17 (Xinhua) — Pigs and dogs that were found dead in a village in central China’s Henan Province on Monday did not die due to any animal epidemic or the H7N9 infection, local authorities said Wednesday.
However, [...]
China confirms 77 H7N9 cases, 16 deaths
[unable to retrieve full-text content]During the period from 6 p.m. on Monday to 8 p.m. Tuesday, China confirmed 14 new cases of H7N9 avian influenza, with two more death reported in Shanghai.
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H7N9 bird flu area spreads, 2 new deaths: China
AFPApril 15, 2013, 12:13 am TWN
BEIJING — China’s H7N9 bird flu spread west to the central province of Henan on Sunday, as government websites and state media reported two deaths and 11 new cases nationwide.
The new strain [...]
China confirms 60 H7N9 cases, 13 deaths
During the 24-hour period ending 5 p.m. on Sunday, China confirmed 11 new cases of H7N9 avian influenza, with two new deaths reported in Shanghai Municipality.
A seven-year-old girl in Beijing, the first confirmed H7N9 case in the capital, [...]
UN launches new plan to reduce deaths of children from pneumonia, diarrhoea
GENEVA, April 12 (Xinhua) — The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched a global action initiative Friday to save up to two million children every year from deaths caused by pneumonia [...]
NE China colliery blast deaths hit 36
CHUANGCHUN – The death toll from a coal mine gas explosion on March 29 in Northeast China’s Jilin province has risen to 36 after seven more deaths were reported by local authorities on Saturday.
The accident occurred in Baishan [...]
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