Contaminated Milk Powder Kills 2 Infants

BEIJING (AP) - China's Health Ministry says two infants have
died from ingesting contaminated milk powder and 1,253 have been
sickened.
Hundreds more remain under observation in hospitals, the
ministry says.
As of Monday morning, 913 infants are only slightly affected and
their condition was not considered life threatening, Vice Health
Minister Ma Xiaowei told reporters at a news conference in Beijing.
However, 340 remain hospitalized and 53 cases were considered
especially severe, he said.
No information was given about the fatalities, although
authorities had earlier announced one death.
The number of diagnosed cases of contamination with the
industrial chemical melamine was more than double the previous
figure of about 580.

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