Why are Chinas school campuses H1N1 cases on the rise recently?
XI’AN, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — Another 11 students at a northwest China university have been diagnosed with A/H1N1 influenza, bringing the total number of confirmed cases on the campus to 40, Shaanxi provincial health department said Monday. Confirmed A/H1N1 cases were first reported at Xi’an University of Arts and Science on Friday. The 40 confirmed cases were all in hospital on Monday, a spokesman with the Shaanxi Provincial Health Department said. The patients were in stable condition and none of the cases was life-threatening. Students who had been in close contact with the patients have been put in seven-day quarantine on campus, he said. The municipal health and education authorities in Xi’an have sent eight work teams to the university to survey and to oversee disease prevention, disinfection, health education and food safety work, the official said. Classes were suspended at the university on Friday, and will resume only if no new case is confirmed for seven consecutive days. To da
