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Chinese Health Ministry's daily report on SARS
   CCTV.COM   2003-06-20 16:06:52   
    Chinese Ministry of Health (MOH) Friday reported neither new severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases nor new deaths from the disease on the Chinese mainland for the 24 hours from 10:00 a.m. June 19 to 10:00 a.m. June 20.

    During the 24-hour period, 20 SARS patients were discharged from hospitals upon recovery, including 18 in Beijing and one each in Shanghai and Guangxi.

    In the meantime, the Chinese mainland reported no new suspected SARS cases, and northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ruled out one suspected SARS case.

    As of 10:00 a.m. June 20, the number of SARS patients hospitalized on the Chinese mainland reduced to 166, and the number of hospitalized suspected SARS patients on the Chinese mainland remained at 23, according to the MOH.

    20/06/2003 08:44 GMT


Editor: Lin Zhenxi  CCTV.com


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