The first severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patient taken by
a hospital in Beijingon March 1 has recovered, Beijing Mayor Meng
Xuenong announced in Beijing Saturday.
The patient, 26, is a native of Shanxi Province in north China. She
was doing garment business in Guangdong Province before coming to
Beijing. Several members in her family had also been infected
afterwards.
Up
to now, the female patient and some of her family members have
recovered and will leave the hospital, while her parents died of
SARS due to advanced age.
The number of suspected SARS patients taken by local hospitals is
decreasing and the epidemic situation in Beijing has been basically
brought under control, Meng said in a meeting with Chinese and
foreign participants of the Beijing International Highway Relay
Race held here Saturday.
Hospitals in Beijing have taken active measures to treat confirmed
SARS patients and opened special wards to separate suspected
patients from others, Meng said.
None of the medical workers in the You'an Hospital, a major
hospital for treating SARS patients in Beijing, has been found
infected by the disease.
The municipal government set up a 2,500-memeber medical prevention
and treatment contingent on April 10 to conduct epidemiological
survey on suspected patients and those who contacted with them and
publicize basic prevention methods, Meng said.
(Xinhua News Agency April 12, 2003)