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Official Announces Detailed Data on SARS in Beijing

A senior official of Beijing revealed detailed data of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases Tuesday in Beijing.

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Official Announces Detailed Data on SARS in Beijing

A senior official of Beijing revealed detailed data of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases Tuesday in Beijing.

Cai Fuchao, director of the publicity department of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), made the announcement at a press conference.

Following is the data:

Total confirmed SARS cases in Beijing: 1,897 (by 10:00 a.m., May 5)

In terms of age group:

0-20: 169 cases, or 8.91 percent;

20-50: 1,391 cases, or 73.33 percent;

above 50: 337, or 17.77 percent;

In terms of gender:

Male: 955 cases, or 50.34 percent;

Female: 942 cases, or 49.66 percent;

In terms of profession:

Medical workers: 335 cases;

Officials and clerks: 229 cases;

Retirees: 198 cases.

Cai said that confirmed SARS cases of pre-schooling children were eight. A total of 136 SARS cases were students of primary, secondary and vocational schools and institutes of higher learning.

Nine farmers in suburban Beijing were confirmed to be SARS patients, Cai said.

Beijing's fight against SARS to focus on four aspects

Cai said that Beijing's prevention and control work against SARS will focus on four aspects.

First, the municipal government planned to set up a shield for the healthy people, protecting them from being infected.

Second, the clinics pertaining to fever patients will be standardized so as to ensure proper layout of the clinics and avoid possible cross-infection.

Third, the government will carry out close observation over people who have close contacts with the SARS patients and improve work on epidemic investigation.

Fourth, the government will make efforts to improve protection on migrant workers in Beijing and the construction sites.

Foreigners offer support and cooperation in fight against SARS

The prevention and treatment of the cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) among overseas people in Beijing have been a "very important task" on the municipal government's work agenda, Cai said.

And overseas people in Beijing have given "active support and cooperation" to the city's battle against the highly infectious disease, said Cai .

He noted that a number of overseas-funded enterprises in Beijing have maintained the production of materials for SARS purpose, and some enterprises donated money and materials for the anti-SARS campaign.

In the Beijing Economic and Development Zone in southern outskirts of the city, all 873 overseas enterprises have not suspended their productions because of SARS, while 66 construction sites have remained working, and over 260 overseas people working or living in the zone did not leave, Cai added.

"We are very grateful for that," Cai said.

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