The "very much expected" single-digit daily number for Beijing's diagnosed cases of SARS, reported for the first time on Monday, indicated that the anti-SARS measures taken in the Chinese capital have generated good results, a senior health official of Beijing said Tuesday.
In the daily report on the SARS situation nationwide, the newly reported diagnosed cases in Beijing in a 24-hour period reduced on Monday for the first time to below 10, according to the release of the Ministry of Health.
But Liang Wannian, deputy director of Beijing Health Bureau, warned that fluctuations were possible because there were many factors of the disease "we did not know about." And so a saw-like fluctuation pattern was expected in the future, meaning the figure is likely to turn double-digit again, Liang said at a regular press conference on the SARS situation in Beijing.
Liang said the government and the people of Beijing should not let up guard and need to continue the anti-SARS efforts to carry out the measures which have been proved effective in fighting the epidemic.
(Xinhua News Agency May 20, 2003)
