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36 pupils in camp infected with H1N1 flu in Beijing

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-26 14:36

BEIJING -- Thirty-six students of a special training camp in Beijing were confirmed to have been infected with the A/H1N1 flu, health authorities said Saturday.

The 36 patients were receiving treatment in the Ditan Hospital in Beijing. The others were quarantined for medical observation, the Beijing municipal health authorities said.

The camp had more than 80 primary school students from across the country. It gathered from July 11 to 20.

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