NANCHANG, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Hepatitis A outbreak that hasinfected 107
people from east China's Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
appears to have been brought under control, local health authorities said on
Friday.
"No new hepatitis A case has been found in the past three days and the
patients are in a stable condition," said Pu Zhirong, director of the emergency
office under the Jiangxi Provincial Health Department.
Sixty-four students from the Wanli campus of the university in Nanchang
were diagnosed with hepatitis A and hospitalized on Dec. 19.
The number rose to 107 on Wednesday but there have been no fatalities.
More than 7,000 students from the university attended the national College
English Test (CET) last Saturday as scheduled.
An investigation traced the cause of the outbreak to two canteen
workers, who were hepatitis A carriers.