Source: Xinhua
04-29-2009 10:11
Special Report: Tech MaxBEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) -- China is fully prepared for swine flu, Hans Troedsson, World Health Organization (WHO) representative in China, said Tuesday.
China has learned a lot from its previous SARS and avian flu outbreaks, and has set up an effective surveillance system for epidemics, Troedsson said at a press conference in Beijing.
"We've just been informed by the Health Ministry that they've got out the alert that they should increase the surveillance and part of that surveillance is to look into suspected cases and investigate them thoroughly," Troedsson said.
"I think the authorities have done the right thing," he said.
Troedsson stressed that there were no confirmed cases of the virus in China so far.
But if the disease turned into a global outbreak, the virus might well enter China, whose enormous population and large-scale migration posed serious threats to disease prevention and control.
