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Fog shrouds Chinese provinces, freezing rain hits Beijing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-11-09 20:41

The Hebei provincial meteorological station said the temperature this week would drop 8 to 10 degrees to below freezing from the average of 5 degrees Celsius last week.

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Zhou Jikun, deputy director of the Hebei Provincial Center of Disease Control, said respiratory diseases were more likely to occur during drastic temperature drops. The lingering haze over the last week had already caused a rise in the number of patients of respiratory diseases in the province.

He said 80 percent of more than 200 flu virus samples taken from hospitals in the provincial capital of Shijiazhuang during last week tested positive for A(H1N1), according to the centers monitoring.

The province has reported one death from the A(H1N1) flu virus by the end of October, but most patients have been cured, according to the center.

In Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, roads became slippery on Monday, after an overnight snow was frozen on ground.

Several minor road accidents caused temporary traffic congestions, but no casualties were reported, said a spokesman with the city's communications department.

A Changchun man surnamed Wang said a 10-minute ride to work took him one hour on Monday. "Cars moved very slowly. You can hear the cracking of the ice on road."

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