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| China to adjust plan timely to deal with SARS: official |
| CCTV.COM 2003-04-20 18:04:15 |
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China will timely adjust its program for containing severe acute respiratory syndrome （SARS） in light of the SARS situation, said Executive Vice－Minister of Health Gao Qiang at a press conference in Beijing Sunday.
While taking strict measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic, it is also important to maintain a normal working and living order, Gao said a the press conference hosted by the State Council Information Office.
The main task for now, he said, is to improve relevant measures to bring the epidemic under control and to cure more patients.
Gao said Beijing now has more than 300 confirmed SARS cases and more than 400 suspected cases, part of which could be confirmed, he said. All the patients were hospitalized in late March and early April.
Beijing has a population of more than 10 million and a daily average of 4 million migrant population, Gao said. Any possible rises in the case figure in Beijing in the future would not necessarily mean the spread of the epidemic.
To overlook the seriousness of the epidemic or to play up the SARS situation are both wrong and will harm production and people's life, he said.
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Editor: Xiao Wei Source:Xinhua
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