Children sickened during swimming lessons

Since the beginning of August, nearly 300 children have suffered high fevers and eye inflammation after swimming lessons at a club in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.

On Wednesday, the Feiyu Swimming Club, affiliated with the Harbin Sports Training Center, convened a parents' conference and acknowledged that the students' symptoms had something to do with the water quality in the swimming pool.

"We have set up an office for compensation. Parents can register information about children who fell ill and provide receipts for medical treatment," said Sun Weimin, deputy director of the center. "We will pay compensation and promise to take responsibility for any related health problems that come up later."