Training Program for Medical Workers to be Launched

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Training Program for Medical Workers to be Launched

The World Health Organization (WHO) is cooperating closely with Chinese authorities to try to close in on the source of severe acute respiratory syndrome virus (SARS), China Daily reported Thursday.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is cooperating closely with Chinese authorities to try to close in on the source of severe acute respiratory syndrome virus (SARS), China Daily reported Thursday.

It also wants to strengthen training in China to help medical workers prevent infectious diseases, WHO official said Wednesday.

The WHO and China's Ministry of Health will jointly launch the prevention program this September. The first part of the training, to be held in Beijing, will involve around 100 medical workers from across China. Further training courses will be held across the country, involving several thousand medical workers.

SARS became a disaster for many hospitals in the country, which registered 5,327 cases that resulted in 348 deaths in 24 provinces and regions.

A joint team of specialists from the Chinese government, the WHO and the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization has finished its week-long SARS investigation in south China's Guangdong Province.

The investigation remains a work in progress. The mission's objective is to determine what further studies are needed to explore the potential for an animal carrier, said one of the team leaders.

Maria Cheng, a WHO spokeswoman in Beijing, said that the experts also came away convinced that measures should be put into place regarding animal hygiene.

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