Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Despite the measures taken by the Guangdong provincial government, it's still too early to conclude whether SARS would break out this year, renowned medical researcher from China's mainland Zhong Nanshan said here Tuesday.
Zhong made the remarks in a speech called What We Have Leant from SARS at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
According to him, early identification, early report, early isolation and early management, and the strict control of the wildlife market, are some of the measures that have been taken by Guangdong, where SARS first outbreaked at the end of 2002, in its fight against SARS.
He pointed out that since 76 percent of the civet cats in Guangdong were identified with SARS virus, the Guangdong government has recently decided to close the 17 rearing farms of the civet cats in an effort to cut the SARS infectious channel from animals to human beings.
Zhong pointed out that infectious diseases still remains the world's major cause of death from disease, and timely and accurate public reporting on epidemics is extremely important for social stability
By: Docmemory
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