UK students in Chinese swine flu quarantine

AFP, Beijing

Members of a British student group quarantined by Chinese authorities over swine flu were "shocked" by their detention but were being treated well, a teacher said on Sunday.
The group of 52 students and teachers were quarantined after four students tested positive for the A(H1N1) virus after arriving in Beijing for a study tour, the British Council said earlier. "It was a bit of surprise to be detained at the airport.
We have been in a state of shock," Ian Tyrell, one of the teachers leading the tour, told AFP by telephone from the hotel where the group was quarantined.
Tyrell said there were some Americans and other nationalities under quarantine at the hotel, some of them students, but he could not provide a specific number. "They are having a good experience.