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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, March 19, 2003

Mystery Pneumonia under Control: FM Spokesman

China Tuesday confirmed that it had recent cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Guangdong Province under control.


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China Tuesday confirmed that it had recent cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Guangdong Province under control.

"The disease is now effectively under control and the patients have recovered gradually and are resuming their normal lives,'' Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said Tuesday.

Kong revealed that two officials of the World Health Organization (WHO) and a group of experts visited China in late February and early March to investigate the SARS cases in Guangdong Province.

The illness is an atypical pneumonia that begins with high fever, chills, cough and breathing difficulties and can deteriorate rapidly into pneumonia. It is reported that the mystery killer has claimed nine lives and infected over 400 people worldwide.

The WHO's representatives to China also provided information about cases of atypical pneumonia in other countries and regions.

The organization expressed its appreciation of the Chinese Government's handling of the atypical pneumonia cases in Guangdong Province.

The WHO hopes to continue to work with China to prevent and control the disease, according to Kong.

"China will actively co-operate with the WHO,'' said Kong.

In its press release on Monday, the WHO called upon national health authorities to closely watch for suspected cases of SARS.

According to the WHO, suspected cases have been largely limited to Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, Viet Nam and Singapore.


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