China is setting up an extensive network to monitor potential
epidemic outbreaks before and during the 2008 Olympic Games to
ensure public health security, an official with the Chinese Center
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said?in
Beijing?Tuesday.
"The country will develop a fargoing monitoring network that is
quick to react to the outbreak or any sign of an outbreak of
epidemic diseases," said Dong Xiaoping, a section chief with CDC,
at a symposium.
The network will connect hospitals, government bodies and
medical experts with the public, so that information on epidemics
at home and abroad could be updated promptly, he said.
The prevention and control of bird flu will be a top priority.
Dong said the government will develop the strategic supply of
vaccines as the most effective solution for potential
epidemics.
(Xinhua News Agency August 7, 2007)
