From 0£º00 of April 1st to 24:00 of April 30th, 2007, there were reports of  18 Type A and Type B epidemics from all the 90 counties (cities, districts) across Zhejiang Province. The epidemic cases totaled 16268, 12 of which were reported to have died. There were no reports on bubonic plague, cholera, SARS, poliomyelitis, highly pathogenic bird flu, epidemic encephalitis B, anthrax, diphtheria, leptospirosis.

In April, 2007, the 5 epidemics with the highest incidences were pulmonary tuberculosis¡¢hepatitis B¡¢syphilis¡¢gonorrhea¡¢measles£¬accounting for 85.86% of the total number of incidences. The numbers of deaths resulting from the diseases are rated as follows: pulmonary tuberculosis (5 cases)¡¢hepatitis B (2 cases)¡¢rabies (2 cases)¡¢epidemic hemorrhagic fever (1 case)¡¢AIDS (1 case)¡¢epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis (1 case).

The Office of Department of Health of Zhejiang

May 8, 2007