From 0:00, May 1st to 24:00, May 31st, 2010, 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 10825, 10 of which were reported to have died. There were no reports on bubonic plague, SARS, polio, highly pathogenic bird flu, epidemic encephalitis B, dengue fever, anthrax, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, diphtheria or leptospirosis.

In May, 2010, the 5 epidemics with the highest incidences were syphilis, 3509 cases, hepatitis B, 2274 cases, tuberculosis, 2197 cases, gonorrhea, 1336 cases, and bacillary and amoebic dysentery, 525 cases, accounting for 90.91 percent of the total number of incidences. The numbers of deaths resulting from the diseases are rated as follows: AIDS (4 cases), tuberculosis (3 cases), epidemic hemorrhage fever (1 case), rabies (1 cases), and syphilis (1 case).

Appendix: Incidences and Deaths of Type A and Type B Epidemics in Zhejiang in May, 2010

The Office of Department of Health of Zhejiang
June 4th, 2010