Several monitoring stations would be set up at hospitals and medical centers to check symptoms and prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases during the Universiade, the city’s center for disease control and prevention (CDC) said Thursday 2nd June.

The stations would monitor fever, icterus, diarrhea, conjunctivitis and skin rashes, said Xie Xu, director of the infectious disease control department of the CDC.

Doctors will report abnormal diagnoses and send samples to the stations every day to inform the CDC as early as possible.

If an outbreak of disease is diagnosed, the CDC would launch emergency plans to control the spread of any viruses, Xie said.

However, residents should not be too worried about citywide outbreaks of influenza, particularly A/H1N1, during the Universiade.

“Although there will be a large number of people coming to the city in August, the regular peak time for influenza will have already ended by late July. The city will also be fully prepared to deal with emergency cases during the Games,” he said.

According to the CDC, the spread of influenza remained under control this year, similar to last year.

About 6.2 percent of patients arriving at outpatient departments were for influenza in May, slightly more than in April, which was only 5.8 percent.

There were 13 outbreaks of A/H1N1 in April and three in May. None was serious and all had fully recovered, Xie said.

The CDC refused to reveal the number of influenza patients because of “government orders,” the CDC said.

Most influenza cases from January to March were A/H1N1, while most in April and May were influenza B.

Meanwhile, an emergency team has been formed to deal with any health issues during the National College Entrance Examinations on Tuesday and Wednesday.