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Chinese Premier Sets Out 10 Tasks in Fight Against SARS

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has set out 10 tasks in the battle against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), calling for improved control and prevention efforts and closer cooperation with overseas health organizations.


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Premier Sets Out 10 Tasks in Fight Against SARS
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has set out 10 tasks in the battle against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), calling for improved control and prevention efforts and closer cooperation with overseas health organizations.

Addressing the founding ceremony of the National SARS Control and Prevention Headquarters on Thursday, the premier called for more efforts to provide accurate information on SARS cases and improved measures to curb and prevent the disease.

The premier also urged to improve quarantine efforts in a bid to cut off infection channels of the disease, including transportation stations, airports, wharves, ports, automobiles, trains, aircraft and migrant workers.

Wen said research institutions should look for better ways to control and prevent the disease through utilizing scientific resources at home and abroad, and called for efforts to ensure the supply of related medical and pharmaceutical products and facilities.

The premier stressed the need to gather information on the situation of SARS in rural areas and offer free medical services to poor SARS patients, including migrant workers from rural areas.

He also called for closer cooperation between China and the World Health Organization as well as between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Wen stressed that the top priority should be given to Beijing in the nationwide efforts of prevention and treatment the disease.

The premier said China was confident of victory over the disease despite the situation of SARS control and prevention, since China had the strong leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the support of the general public.

The National SARS Control and Prevention Headquarters, headed by Vice-Premier Wu Yi, consists of 10 working groups and an office.

The 10 groups, including a prevention and control group and a quarantine group, are mostly headed by government ministers or vice-ministers.


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