In late October, respiratory-illness visits rose sharply at hospitals in many cities: consultation rooms, infusion halls, and lab queues all backed up, with pediatric wards at full capacity. Hospitals need ventilation but can't keep windows and doors open all day — and there is a solution that hangs from the ceiling.
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October through March is norovirus season, and China's CDC has issued a fresh warning: highly contagious, no specific antiviral, no vaccine. Schools, childcare facilities, nursing homes, catering operations, and institutional canteens are the priority settings. Beyond handwashing and disinfection, one item routinely gets missed.
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From November 5 to 10, the 9th China International Import Expo (CIIE) runs at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, with total exhibition area breaking 440,000 square meters for the first time. On the six busiest days of the year, how should a venue manage its air? Written for operators of exhibition centers, convention centers, and large public venues.
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As autumn turns cold the doors stay shut, and once the crowds arrive the first thing to fail in a mall, a restaurant or an open-plan office is not the temperature. It is the smell. Regulation of restaurant cooking fumes has kept tightening this year — and customers run out of patience faster than regulators do.
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China CDC's week-41 surveillance shows the top three pathogens in influenza-like illness at outpatient and emergency departments were influenza virus (13.6%), rhinovirus (11.2%) and enterovirus (3.9%). Winter is here, and for a place like a tutoring centre — small rooms, high density, several different groups a day — it is time to redo the air maths.
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Since October, flu vaccination appointments at community health centres in many cities have become hard to get, with some clinics reporting that bookings are "essentially fully booked". September and October are the golden window, and it still takes two to four weeks after the jab to build antibodies. And when the crowds arrive, what gets overwhelmed first is not the appointment system. It is the air in that room.
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