Killer bug sweeps through Chinese children

The number of children infected with a deadly virus in China has nearly doubled in the last two days.

The number of children infected with a deadly virus in China has nearly doubled in the last two days.

The bug, Enterovirus 71, has killed 21 children since it was discovered in March in Fuyang, a city in the eastern Anhui province.

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