A/H1N1 flu cases in the Chinese mainland last week took up 26.8 percent of all flu cases, down from 39.1 percent the previous week.

According to a notice released Wednesday on the website of the Ministry of Health, from January 18 to 24, the Chinese mainland reported a total of 1,074 A/H1N1 cases, 255 hospitalized cases and 21 deaths related due to the A/H1N1 cases.

The notice said that currently in most parts of the country, A/H1N1 flu virus were still spreading at a community level.

As the Spring Festival is coming and a huge number of people would travel back home for family reunions, the ministry urged migrant workers and students to take full protection against the virus during their journey.

(Xinhua News Agency January 28, 2010)