Hepatitis outbreak hits 112 students
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-12-15 17:27
NANNING -- An outbreak of hepatitis A in a middle school in south China's
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has sent 112 students to hospital, an official
said on Friday.
All of the students have been identified as carriers of
the disease, while 21 have been diagnosed as suffering from symptoms of
Hepatitis A and 33 others are suspected of coming down with the disease, said
Gong Jian, head of the Guangxi center for disease control and prevention.
Gong said contaminated water and poor sanitation are partly to blame for
the outbreak.
The junior middle school in Bobai county has 1,438
students including some 1,000 boarders.
The first case was found on
November 23 and the outbreak spread on December 6, according to the official.
Gong said the outbreak is now under control.
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