South China's Guangzhou will from September 1 resume the
reporting system of SARS cases, as is known from the city's meeting
on public health work. A project of epidemic prevention, treatment
and information systems of Guangzhou characteristics has been
approved and will be totally completed in three years. By then the
city will be able to deal with SARS confidently and calmly.
The deadly
disease is likely to return this winter and next spring since no
breakthrough is made in detecting means, special medicine and
vaccine, said Huang Jionglie, director of the city's public health
bureau, so prevention work remains the top
priority.
A batch of
key hospitals during the SARS fight will be kept or reserved for
future SARS treatment and flu vaccine injection will be started
this winter and next early spring. Hospitals above second-level
must set up contagious disease department as well as special rooms
for separation and medical observation.
(People's
Daily September 3, 2003)