Four foreign, one HK and one Taiwan SARS cases have been confirmed
but discharged from hospital in Beijing, with the cumulative number
of cases among overseas people in Beijing to be eight so far, a
senior local official said at a regular press conference in Beijing
Tuesday.
The Beijing United Anti-SARS Work Team held its fourth press
conference in Beijing International Hotel at 10:00 am May 6.
At
the press conference, Cai Fuchao, director of the publicity
department of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist
Party of China (CPC), Liu Zhihua, Beijing vice mayor, and Zhou
Liangluo, head of Haidian District of the city introduced the
working conditions of the work team and the latest development of
SARS prevention and treatment in Beijing to both Chinese and
overseas media.
According to Cai Fuchao, the cumulative number of confirmed SARS
cases among foreigners and people from HK and Taiwan is eight so
far. Of them, six including four from the United States, Canada,
Australia and Kyrgyzstan, one from HK and one from Taiwan have been
discharged from hospitals upon recovery. One patient from the
United States is still in hospital for medical treatment and his
condition is stable, he said.
Another case was a Finnish official with the International Labor
Organization (ILO), Pekka Aro, who died of SARS last month.
So
far, there are three suspected SARS cases among overseas people in
Beijing, of which two have been ruled out; one suspected case
remaining at present.
The one suspected SARS patient is from India and now receiving
medical treatment in hospital.
The prevention and treatment of the SARS cases among overseas
people in Beijing has always been a "very important task" on the
municipal government's work agenda, said Cai.
(China.org.cn May 6, 2003)