A team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and China's Ministry of Health (MOH) arrived in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Tuesday to inspect the measure to fight severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
The five-member WHO team was headed by Arne Brantsaether, an epidemiology expert from Norway.
The MOH team included officials and experts from China's Ministry of Health, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of China as well as some renowned hospitals.
By Tuesday, the province had ten confirmed and eight suspected SARS cases.
Wang Jinshan, governor of Anhui Province, met with the WHO experts and briefed them on the efforts to prevent and curb the spread of SARS.
The WHO experts said the report of the SARS situation in Anhui Province was believable and they were satisfied with the efforts to fight the disease.
The experts will inspect the disease control center and hospitals in Hefei and Fuyang in the next four days.
(Xinhua News Agency May 21, 2003)
