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CHANGCHUN, Dec. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- At least 6,000
primary school children were urged to stay at home for two weeks as of Dec. 1,
after a parotitis outbreak sickened at least 35 kids at six schools in
Shuangliao, a city in northeast China's Jilin Province.
ĦĦĦĦThe city's health department reported 432 suspected
parotitis cases on Dec. 2 from seven schools in the city, with 35 cases having
finally been confirmed. Health experts said some children may actually be
suffering from flu or quinsy.
Jilin provincial health department sent a team of
disease prevention and control specialists on the site survey Saturday.
The team confirmed altogether 39 parotitis cases in
Shuangliao city between Nov. 1 and Dec. 3, 35 of whom were students. But the
experts have ruled out the possibility of a mass outbreak of the epidemic that
tends to attack children in winter and spring. Enditem | 
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