Chinese Mainland Reports 203 New SARS Cases

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Chinese Mainland Reports 203 New SARS Cases

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The Chinese mainland reported 203 new severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases between 10:00 a.m. of April 27 and 10:00 a.m. of April 28, according to latest statistics released by the Ministry of Health Monday.

In the same period seven patients were discharged from hospitals upon recovery and eight died, said the ministry's information office.

The accumulative SARS cases on the Chinese mainland rose to 3,106 as of 10:00 a.m. on Monday, said the ministry.

Beijing reported 96 new SARS cases and three deaths from the disease, the ministry said.

The number of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases in Beijing totaled 1,199 as of 10:00 am of April 28.

Of the SARS patients in the Chinese capital, 78 have been discharged from hospitals upon recovery and 59 have died, the information office of the ministry said.

Of these figures:

Beijing reported 96 new cases and 3 deaths. Of the 96 cases, 37 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients; Tianjin reported 21 new cases; Hebei reported 3 new cases and 3 deaths (the 3 death cases were reported yesterday and are put into today�s data); Shanxi reported 29 new cases and 1 patients recovered; Inner Mongolia reported 38 new cases and 1 death; Henan reported 1 new case;Hubei reported 1 new case;Guangdong reported 13 new cases, and 6 recovered;Gansu reported 1 new case and 1 death.

By 10:00 am of April 28, China had a total of 3,106 SARS cases (including 653 medical workers, Beijing removed 11 previously-confirmed cases from current statistics), which included 1,306 patients who had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 139 deaths.

From 10:00 am of April 27 to 10:00 am of April 28, China also reported 290 new suspected cases, including 149 from Beijing, 12 from Tianjin, 8 from Hebei, 29 from Shanxi, 24 from Inner Mongolia, 1 from Heilongjiang, 1 from Shanghai, 1 from Zhejiang, 1 from Anhui, 3 from Henan, 2 from Hubei, 1 from Hunan, 51 from Guangdong, 1 from Chongqing, 4 from Sichuan, and 2 from Shaanxi. By 10:00 am of April 28, China had a total of 2,106 suspected cases.

A series of resolute measures have been taken by governments of different areas of China in a bid to prevent the SARS virus spreading.

In the eastern Zhejiang Province, the provincial government required everyone to take their temperature and fill a health declaration form before entering the province.

Any SARS patients or suspected SARS carriers identified on aircraft, trains and ships would be sent to the designated hospitals. Those who had close contact with SARS patients or suspected SARS carriers would be quarantined and reported to the local disease prevention and control organization.

In central China's Hubei Province, the provincial government released a notice, promising the government would pay the medical charges for SARS patients. A special fund has been established to help farmers and urban citizens without medical insurance.

Liu Guixiang, vice-mayor of Anshan city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, also pledged that impoverished residents who contracted SARS could receive free medical treatment. Special staffs have been dispatched to every neighborhood committee in the city to educate communities on SARS prevention and to ascertain the situations of people living below the official subsistence level.

In north China's Hebei Province, the government's main task is ensuring the health and safety of medical staff. Preventative treatments have been allocated to medical staff and hospitals have taken strict ventilation, disinfection and quarantine measures.

In northwest China's Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region, SARS prevention knowledge has been instilled in every student to ensure schools remain free of the virus.

In addition, the autonomous regional government has canceled the May Day holiday for students in primary and middle schools as well as universities and the regular curriculum is continuing.

In east China's Jiangsu Province, a special fund for fighting SARS has been established. As much as 200 million yuan will be mainly used for buying necessary medical equipment and allocating subsidies to medical staff.

Free on-line courses for all of China's middle school students have been jointly offered by www.ncet.edu.cn and www.jinghua.net. All the on-line courses are taught by senior teachers and in accordance with the general outlines promulgated by the Ministry of Education. Students can take the on-line courses for free from Apr. 18.

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