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(CHEN YEHUA) |
A teacher tests the body temperature of a student at Fulong Primary School in Shipai Town, south China's Guangdong Province, on June 22.
Local authorities ordered all schools and kindergartens in Shipai Town to suspend classes on June 23-29 after the country's first cluster of local
A/H1N1 influenza cases was found at Shipai Town Central Primary School. A total of 37 students from the school had contracted the virus as of June 21.
The ministries of health and education have released a program to prevent any further outbreaks in schools nationwide, including measures such as regular body temperature tests.
China had reported 570 cases of A/H1N1 flu as of 6 p.m. on June 25. |