The Ministry of Health on Tuesday announced new caps on levels of 13 contaminants in 20 categories of food.
In 1998, Beijing's funeral services were strained by a higher-than-average number of flu-related deaths, said He Xiong, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Another two A/H1N1 flu-related deaths were reported last week, bringing the virus' death toll to five this year in Beijing.
The flu virus that has killed two people in Beijing since late December is not as threatening as it was originally and can be contained, according to experts.
Two die from H1N1 flu in Beijing
Wu Xuesi from the Beijing Anzhen Hospital examines a local resident in Qionghai, South China's island province of Hainan on Wednesday, January 2, 2013. Wu and more than 10 other doctors from Beijing were there to offer free medicare service to the locals. [Xinhua]
Beijing is to build a massive nursing home in its downtown area to cater for rising demand for senior care, according to the civil affairs department.
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