Medical experts visiting north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region on Friday evaluated the region's severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS) prevention and control work as "excellent".
Inner Mongolia contributed to the effective control of SARS in
north China due to its excellent work, said a joint working group
composed of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and
officials from the Chinese Ministry of Health.
"Inner Mongolia has taken the lead in interrupting the transmission
channels of SARS patients in China," Yang Qing, head of the working
group, said at the conclusion of an inspection tour.
Yang said the detailed tracking of the spread of SARS in Inner
Mongolia had helped to contain the disease in a short time.
Johan Giesecke from the WHO also appreciated Inner Mongolia's SARS
prevention work since the WHO had seen what it wanted to see and
obtained what it needed from the region.
The 12-member group began the inspection in Inner Mongolia on June
17.
(Xinhua News Agency June 28, 2003)
