203 students hospitalized

A total of 203 primary school students in Ziyang, Sichuan province, have been hospitalized with fever, vomiting and diarrhea, local government officials said on Thursday. Fifty of them are being treated at Yingjie township hospital, while 153 others have been transferred to three hospitals in Yanjiang district of Ziyang. They were initially diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis, and all of them are in a stable condition, according to doctors.

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