Vaccination link to A/H1N1 outbreak "a total fabrication": Health Ministry

The Chinese Ministry of Health has refuted an online rumor that the recent A/H1N1 flu outbreak in Beijing was caused by vaccinating students for the National Day celebrations.

A ministry spokesman called the rumor a total fabrication. He pointed out that Beijing did not carry out large-scale vaccination in primary and secondary schools before October 1st, and no epidemic would occur among people already vaccinated.

Chinese university students leave a military training base wearing  masks after a student under the training died of the H1N1 flu in  Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. The victim, a student at  the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, died of  the H1N1 virus on Tuesday, the Xinhua News Agency reported,  citing local health authorities.