XINHUA

Medical workers in Beijing escort people who had close contact with a man with influenza A/H1N1 to quarantine.

China had reported two confirmed A/H1N1 cases on its mainland as of May 14, with those infected coming from the United States and Canada. Both of them were recovering after being hospitalized.

On May 11, China's Ministry of Health initiated year-round monitoring of seasonal flu. It is also requiring all city-level disease prevention and control authorities, and at least one comprehensive hospital in every city, to set up monitoring departments.

Suspected or confirmed cases of A/H1N1 flu must be reported to the ministry within two hours of discovery, the ministry announced.