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China on guard to keep flu at bay

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China is taking steps to try to ensure that the swine flu virus that emerged in Mexico does not take hold on home soil.

More than 800 people in Asian countries died when the Sars virus spread across the continent earlier this decade, so authorities are keen to ensure history does not repeat itself.

Quentin Sommerville reports from Beijing.

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