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| Chronology of China's fight against SARS since April 20 （8） |
| CCTV.COM 2003-05-01 15:05:20 |
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April 27
A total of 320 million yuan （38.6 million US dollars） was earmarked by governments at various levels of Beijing to improve the city's emergency response system for fighting SARS.
The Beijing SARS－control working group decided to publish through major local media the number of SARS cases in every district and county for the previous day and the information on the latest quarantine areas and the number of quarantined people.
Liu Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, said Beijing could overcome challenges brought about by SARS through the concerted efforts of the whole society.
The Ministry of Commerce decided to set up a system to monitor and report on the market supply of daily necessities in all cities in order to maintain market stability. The ministry also urged its national commerce branches to be well prepared to distribute products and medical supplies such as masks and disinfectants to prevent and control the SARS spread.
The Chinese mainland recorded 2,914 SARS cases by 10:00 a.m. April 27, of which 1,299 patients were discharged from hospitals upon recovery and 131 died.
Beijing would cooperate with the World Health Organization （WHO）in an active and honest way to fight SARS, Liu Qi, secretary of Beijing Municipal Committee of Communist Party of China, and Wang Qishan, acting mayor of Beijing, told WHO China representative Henk Bekedam in a meeting.
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Editor: Liu Hongji Source:Xinhua
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