The above information has just been announced by the Education Office of the Nanjiang District, Harbin City on November 30. The incident happened at Ke Hong Primary School after 2 teachers asked for a leave of absence on November 29 due to vomiting symptoms and diarrhea.
Immediately after that, the school conducted a review in all students, teachers and staff working at the school. Accordingly, on November 28 and 29, this primary school had appeared 116 cases with mild vomiting symptoms and diarrhea, including 100 students, 16 teachers and other staff.
Test results showed that these cases were infected with Coronavirus. To ensure the health of students, the local education department made an urgent decision to allow all students and teachers of the school to be absent and study online from November 30.
The entire school area had to carry out disinfection. The cause of the incident is still being investigated by the authorities. The school has not determined the time for students to return to school.
In October, more than 70 students at a university in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, Northern China also experienced symptoms of norovirus gastritis.
Coronavirus is a virus that often appears and spreads in the winter, currently there is no vaccine, and no special medicine. The virus can be transmitted through sick people, contaminated food, water or surfaces contaminated with viruses. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea.