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1、社会热点阅读1•甲流TheMinistryofHealth(MOH)yesterdayvowedtopunishofficialswhounderreporttheH1N1flupandemicfollowingcriticismfromaprominentmedicalexpertwhocastdoubtonChina'so什icialdeathtollfromthedisease.Somemedicalexpertshavewonderedaloudwhetherthecountry'sH1N1datamatchesthereality.Theypointedt

2、olimitationsinmedicalcapacityandthefactthathospitalsarenottestingeveryonewithflusymptomsforH1N1asreasonswhytheoutbreakmayhavebeenunderreported.ButZhongNanshan,aGuangzhou-baseddoctorfamousforhiscandorinexposingacover-upoftheSARSepidemicin2003,tookconcernsastepfurther,suggestingsomelocal

3、governmentshaddeliberatelyconcealedsuspectedcases."Ijustdon'tbelievethattherehavebeen53H1N1deathsnationwide,"ZhongtoldtheSouthernMetropolisDaily.Hesaidthenumbercouldbefarhigher.TheMOHreportedthattherehadbeen69,160H1N1casesonthemainlandasofMonday.Inthearticle,Zhongsaidsomepartsofthecoun

4、try・hewouldnotsaywhichparts・werenottestingseverepneumoniadeathstoseeiftheywere,infact,H1N1deaths・MOHspokesmanDengHaihuarespondedbysayingthatanyonefoundconcealing,underreportingordelayingthereportingofdetailsaboutthepandemicwouldbepunished.Dengalsoinvitedthepublicandthemediatooverseethe

5、transparentandtimelyreportingoftheH1N1situation.VivianTan,pressofficerwiththeWorldHealthOrganization's(WHO)Beijingoffice,saidWHOstaffarenotabletosaywhetherclaimsofdeliberateunderreportingatthelocallevelareaccurate."WeknowtheMOHhasbeenurginglocalhealthauthoritiestoreportH1N1casesinatran

6、sparentwayandwedonotsuspectdeliberateunderreportingfromtheministry/'shenoted.Shesuggestedthatthecountryshouldfocusitsresourcesonmonitoringbiggertrendsandunusualdevelopments,aswellastreatingseverecasesandcontinuingthevaccinationofasmanypeopleaspossible.Meanwhile,ninespecialteamsofMOHoff

7、icialshavebeensentto12provinces・includingHebei,Shanxi,andQinghai・toinspectlocalpandemiccontrolwork,particularlythetreatmentofseverecases・Questions:1WhatisZhongNanshanfamousfor?2WhatisZhongNanshanworriedabout?1WhatdidtheMOHdecidetodoinresponsetotheaccusations?Answers:1.Exposingacover-