China's health minister says China 'safe' to visit

BEIJING, China - Chinaese Health Minister Zhang Wenkang speaks to journalists at his office in Beijing on April 3. He said that a mysterious pneumonia that has killed at least 46 people and sickened more than 1,190 in China is under ''effective control'' and therefore foreigners should not put off visiting Chia.

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