In-person education suspended in cities across China due to...

After multiple primary and high schools in Chinese cities suspended courses after reporting cluster fever cases over the past few days, experts dispelled concerns over a strong COVID wave, saying they could be caused by other viruses or students' sudden change of schedule.

Primary and high schools in cities including Hangzhou, Ningbo and Jinhua in East China's Zhejiang Province have turned some of their classes' lessons online, after a few students suffered fevers including some were diagnosed with COVID-19 in one week of the start of the first semester following China's relaxation of most of its COVID-19 control measures.

A primary school in Shanghai's Qingpu district also suspended in-person education from Monday till Thursday as four students were diagnosed with H1N1 and more others suffered from fevers and other symptoms of influenza, The Paper reported on Tuesday.

A school in Beichen district in North China's Tianjin suspended some in-person teaching on Monday and Tuesday. However, nucleic acid test results on all the diseased students were negative and the students' fever turned out to be caused by Influenza A (H1N1).

The disease prevention and control authority in Ningbo said H1N1 and norovirus infections currently have also entered a high-incidence season. Officials advised parents to have their children to take antigen tests to confirm the diagnosis.

Monitoring in East China's Anhui Province also showed that influenza viruses have become more active lately. The prevailing H1N1 has caused a number of cluster infections at schools and kindergartens.

Source:globaltimes

Editor: CH

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