China's capital will not relax its anti-SARS efforts, even though
the World Health Organization (WHO) has removed Beijing from its
list of SARS-affected areas and lifted the travel advisory against
it, according to the city government.
The city government has issued a decree telling local people to
continue SARS-prevention work regardless of the fact that the
epidemic has been brought under effective control.
All the clinics for fever patients should remain operational, and
all those who are suspected of SARS infection should be put under
medical observation for two weeks. Meanwhile, the decree says all
former SARS patients will be free to move around.
Furthermore, all existing preventive measures, such as these
adopted for students, transients and visitors, must be strictly
maintained, the decree says.
Local officials in charge of medical and sanitary work hoped that
the anti-SARS campaign would help local people abandon bad habits
like littering and public spitting and develop a healthy way of
life.
(Xinhua News Agency June 25, 2003)
