Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao inspects anti-flu measures

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Beijing Ditan hospital on Sunday to see an A/H1N1 flu patient who was diagnosed there. He urged timely and effective efforts to treat the disease, as well as strong measures to control the spreading.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) and Vice Premier Li Keqiang (2nd R)  shake hands with medical staff of Beijing Ditan Hospital in Beijing,  capital of China, May 17, 2009. Wen Jiabao and Li Keqiang on Sunday  visited Beijing's first diagnosed A/H1N1 flu patient and medical  staff at Beijing Ditan Hospital, and inspected the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

Wen Jiabao and other Chinese officials got first hand information about everything that's being done to combat and contain the virus. He spoke not just to doctors, but to patients as well.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao asked, "Are you felling better?"

"Yes, I'm OK. My temperature is down, but I'm still coughing a little bit. I think I will recover in one or two days."

The patient is an 18-year-old student who returned home from the United States and was confirmed as Beijing's first flu case on Saturday.