Source: Xinhua
04-27-2009 10:38
BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- China has the technologies to detect the Swine Influenza A/H1N1 and is taking measures to prevent the deadly virus from entering the country, an inspection and quarantine expert said here on Sunday.
Li Huailin, director with the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine affiliated to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said the academy was currently assisting relevant authorities to taken necessary measures to prevent the entrance of the swine flu found in the United States and Mexico.
The new flu strain, a mixture of swine, human and avian flu viruses, has killed at least 62 people among about 900 cases in the two countries by Thursday.
According to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, no cases of the swine flu had been so far reported in China as of Sunday.
