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Primier Wen Jiabao visited China's disease control center Sunday, saying the government is fully capable of controlling the atypical pneumonia outbreak.
Meanwhile, a Finnish man died Sunday in Beijing of the disease, also known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), becoming the first foreign fatality in China from the disease, the Health Ministry said.
It also said five more Chinese people had died, raising the Chinese mainland's death toll to 52.
Pekka Aro, 53, showed symptoms of the flu-like disease after flying to Beijing from Thailand on March 23, said Liu Peilong, a department chief of the ministry.
Liu said he was sent to Beijing's Ditan Hospital Wednesday, where he died early Sunday. Liu said China was deeply saddened by Aro's death.
Aro, a member of the International Labor Organization, left Geneva on March 17 and stayed in Bangkok until March 23.
A second foreigner, a Canadian, was hospitalized in Beijing with SARS, Liu said.
The number of SARS cases increased by 57 to 1,247 on China's mainland during the past four days, including five deaths.
Editor: Wings
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