Correction:53,000 pregnant women in need of medical care

Jun 17th, 2008

AP

Posted: 2008-06-16 20:27:18

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) – In a June 11 story about Myanmar’s cyclone leaving pregnant women in need of medical care, The Associated Press misstated the number. William A. Ryan, a spokesman for the U.N. Population Fund, said there are as many as 35,000 such women, not just 10,000. The same error was in a June 11 story from Yangon, Myanmar.

 

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