The Chinese mainland has reported 116 deaths from the A/H1N1 influenza in the week from December 7 to 13, Xinhua quoted the Ministry of Health as announcing. A total of 7,949 A/H1N1 flu cases were reported during the period, over 30 percent of whom had been hospitalized. A/H1N1 accounted for 87.5 percent of flu cases, a minor drop from the week before last, according to the ministry. As of Tuesday, more than 36.7 million people nationwide had been inoculated against the A/H1N1 flu while nearly 74.5 million doses of vaccines had been approved for use, the ministry said. --SPA
