Tianjin Mayor Dai Xianglong said Saturday that Tianjin's victory
over SARS had been confirmed with the lifting of the World Health
Organization (WHO) travel advisory against Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi
and Inner Mongolia late Friday.
He
said Tianjin would take new measures to prevent the resurgence of
severe acute respiratory syndrome. Since the first outbreak of
SARS, the municipality had issued 30 regulations relating to SARS
prevention and treatment.
Tianjin has set up a public health emergency response system to
establish a complete information network, disease prevention and
control, and disease treatment system.
Dai Xianglong noted that Tianjin was increasing investment in
public health systems for urban and rural areas, and offering free
physical check-ups to low-income peasants.
He
welcomed the news that the WHO had lifted its travel advisory over
Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia.
Up
to 10 a.m. June 13, Tianjin had reported no new confirmed SARS
cases for 26 consecutive days.
Life in Tianjin has returned to normal, with people returning to
shops, restaurants and stadiums.
(Xinhua News Agency June 15, 2003)