China's five ministries will set up an information coordination system to prevent vehicles from spreading infectious diseases, said the Ministry of Railways Tuesday.
The five ministries included Ministry of Health, Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Communications, State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and General Administration of Civil Aviation.
Under the coordinate mechanism, the Ministry of Health will report major infectious diseases regularly to the other four departments, who, in turn, take measures to prevent the disease from spreading.
If a disease is discovered in a vehicle, the transport department will report it immediately to local health and quality supervision, inspection and quarantine departments.
When a epidemic infectious disease occurs, transport departments will stop suspected patients from traveling.
At the same time, bus and railway stations and airports will set up related medical appliance to quarantine passengers. Passengers with abnormal symptoms will be registered and reported.
(Xinhua News Agency June 8, 2005)
