China to lend hand in battle with killer virus
China yesterday pledged to provide medical experts and funding to assist the investigation and clinical management of a virus that has killed more than 60 Cambodian children. Eang Sophalleth, personal spokesman for Prime Minister Hun Sen, told reporters the pledge had been made during a meeting between the premier and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi yesterday in Phnom Penh. “There is a mysterious disease that is responsible for killing more than 60 Cambodian children. So China would like to provide experts and funding to assist Cambodia in finding the cause of the disease,” Sophalleth quoted Yang as saying to Hun Sen. …
