BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) -- China defended on Tuesday its quarantine of 25 Canadian students in Changchun, capital of northeastern Jilin Province, saying it was in accordance with law and the Canadians had assented to it.
The students began a seven-day quarantine period at a
hotel on May 2 when they arrived, the same day that Canada confirmed 51 cases of
A/H1N1 epidemic infection, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu.
Canada has recorded up to 140 cases of A/H1N1 flu by
Tuesday, the third-highest figure following Mexico and the United States.
Ma said the quarantine was in line with the Law on
the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases and Frontier Health and
Quarantine Law of China.
The students were being treated well, and the
authorities had made favorable arrangements for their residence, food and health
care.
None of the students showed any signs of illness and
they were satisfied with the situation, said Ma.
The local government had informed the Canadian
embassy in China of the quarantine on May 3, and the two countries had been in
close contact regarding the virus, said Ma.
MEXICO CITY, May 5 (Xinhua) -- A total of 79
Chinese citizens left Mexico City early Tuesday aboard a chartered flight sent
by the Chinese government.
The plane took off from international airport Benito
Juarez at about 3:05 a.m. local time (0805 GMT), heading towards Tijuana,
northern city on the U.S.-Mexico border, to lift 20 more Chinese before
returning to China. Full story
BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) -- China's temporary
bans on the imports of pigs and pork products from some regions hit by the
A-strain influenza are in line with the rules of the World Trade Organizations
(WTO), Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said here Tuesday.
China's emergency measures, to safeguard its stock
industry and human health from the A/H1N1 virus, are also in accordance with the
rules of the World Organization for Animal Health, Ma told a regular press
conference. Full story
BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Quarantined Chinese citizens
said Tuesday that they understand the medical measures taken to prevent the
spread of influenza A/H1N1, despite the boredom of isolation.
"Quarantine is boring, but easy. We watch TV and read
newspapers to kill time," said a woman surnamed Wen, who is under the seven-day
quarantine period at a hotel in Beijing after returning from Mexico. Full story
BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice-Premier
Li Keqiang on Monday vowed to keep the worsening global epidemic of influenza
A/H1N1 out of China's border, while the same day the government sent a chartered
plane to Mexico to pick up around 200 stranded Chinese nationals.
"The most important work at present was to strictly check
on border entry" as the killer disease has been mainly reported overseas, Li
gave the direction during a visit to the Ministry of Health. Full story
MEXICO CITY, May 5 (Xinhua) -- A chartered flight from
China arrived early Tuesday in Mexico City to bring back some 99 nationals
stranded in Mexico, the epicenter of the A/H1N1 flu outbreak.
The aircraft Boeing 777-200 arrived at about 1:50 a.m.
(0750 GMT) early Tuesday at international airport Benito Juarez to lift 79
Chinese citizens stranded in the capital. Full story
BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday
defended its medical quarantine of some passengers who had traveled on the same
flight with a Mexican man who was infected with influenza A/H1N1.
"The measures concerned are not targeted at Mexican
citizens and there is no discrimination," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma
Zhaoxu in a press release. Full story
