WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Md. School Group Freed From Quarantine in China

Md. School Group Freed From Quarantine in China

Posted:
(Photo: MGN) (Photo: MGN)

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - A group of 21 students and three teachers from a Silver Spring private school has been released from quarantine after being held by the Chinese government over fears about swine flu.

The students from the Barrie School have just one day left to wrap up their tour of Guizhou province before they return home Sunday. They arrived a week ago and were quarantined in their hotel for five days, beginning Monday.

Chinese officials feared the group was exposed to swine flu on their flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong. U.S. consular officials told school officials and parents Tuesday that the passenger with a fever did not have the illness.

However, the group remained confined at a hotel in the city of Kaili until Friday.

  • Most Popular StoriesMost Popular Stories

  • Thursday, May 24 2012 3:47 PM EDT2012-05-24 19:47:25 GMT
    KENNEDYVILLE, Md.- Maryland State Police say they discovered a second body at a farm near Galena following what they believe is a farming accident. Police believe one person is still missing. Authorities
    Maryland State Police say the bodies of a father and his two teenage sons have been recovered from a large manure pit on the upper Eastern Shore.
  • Friday, May 25 2012 9:17 AM EDT2012-05-25 13:17:24 GMT
    BRIDGEVILLE, Del.- A worker has died following a trench collapse that occurred this morning in the Heritage Shores golf course community in Bridgeville. Authorities said the accident happened at around
    Emergency crews have recovered the body of a 47-year-old construction worker who died when the trench he was working in collapsed Thursday at a job site in the Heritage Shores active adult community in Bridgeville.
  • Friday, May 25 2012 3:39 PM EDT2012-05-25 19:39:57 GMT
    MILLSBORO, Del.- It is not a good start to the holiday weekend for hundreds of people in Sussex County. WBOC received word Friday that the Vlasic Pickle Plant in Millsboro will be shutting down. Pinnacle
    It is not a good start to the holiday weekend for hundreds of people in Sussex County. WBOC received word Friday that the Vlasic Pickle Plant in Millsboro will be shutting down by the end of the year.
Powered by WorldNow
All content © Copyright 2000 - 2012, WorldNow and WBOC. All Rights Reserved.
For more information on this site, please read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Send questions or comments about this web site to wboc@wboc.com.