17 Dead After Contact With Sick Livestock
From Times Wire Reports
A mystery illness has killed 17 farmers and sickened 41 others in southwestern China after they butchered sick pigs or sheep, China’s official news agency said.
Those affected had symptoms including high fever, fatigue and vomiting and “became comatose later with bruises,” the New China News Agency said.
The agency said medical experts believed the illness was “not spreading further among humans.” World Health Organization spokesman Bob Dietz said the cases didn’t appear to be related to bird flu.
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