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| 10＋3 SARS High－Level Symposium on SARS opens in Beijing |
| CCTV.COM 2003-06-04 09:06:59 |
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Executive Vice Minister of Health Gao Qiang has told a two－day symposium on SARS that China's efforts to prevent and treat SARS have been increasingly standardized both in method and application. The symposium, which is being attended by over 100 health officials and experts from the Asian Pacific region, opened in Beijing Tuesday morning. Chinese Vice Premier and Health Minister Wu Yi also attended.
This is the highest level international symposium to be held in China since the outbreak of SARS. Entitled "ASEAN, China, Japan, and ROK 10＋3 High－Level Symposium on SARS," the two－day symposium aims to exchange information and experience in SARS prevention and treatment, mostly from the Chinese side.
Executive vice Health Minister Gao Qiang addressed the opening ceremony. He called for all countries and regions to join hands to conquer the deadly virus. He said, "We believe that through our concerted efforts in fighting SARS, our countries and regions will enjoy more profound friendship, closer cooperation, enhanced consultation and dialogue, as well as better mechanisms for common development."
He said that China has paid a high price for the epidemic, but the government has drawn lessons from past experiences. He produced figures to show how the SARS situation in China has improved and the number of new cases has dropped dramatically.
| Date | Apr. 11－20 | May 1－10 | May 11－20 | May 21－31 | June 2 | | Case | 154 cases | 151 cases | 45 cases | 12 cases | nil cases （1st time since SARS outbreak） |
Participants agreed that SARS could be on the retreat. But countries and regions must stay on guard until the virus is overcome, and that brings us another goal.
"SARS brings us to a new level of international co－operation, our goal is not only to beat SARS, but also to establish a global network ... " said Henk Bekedam, WHO representative in China.
Besides participants from the ASEAN countries, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the World Health Organization, health officials and medical experts from Mongolia, the United States, Britain, France and Canada are also present at the symposium.
"We are mostly hearing scientifically .... There are so many different things that have been tried and done. And we don't have the scientific basis to know whether they are helpful or not ... " said Stephen M. Ostroff with US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
The symposium is being held in response to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's call for regional co－operation at the ASEAN meeting this April. One symposium is certainly not enough to tackle all the issues regarding the disease, but it does mark a significant step in boosting inter－regional communications on SARS. The symposium will last for two days.
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Editor: Han Ling CCTV.com
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