An 11-member joint working group composed of WHO experts and
officials from the Chinese Ministry of Health arrived in Taiyuan
Tuesday afternoon on a 10-day study tour to witness severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS) prevention work in Shanxi Province.
The World Health Organization (WHO), lifted last Friday the travel
warning against Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia, all in
north China.
On
Tuesday afternoon, Wang Xin, vice-governor of Shanxi Province,
briefed the experts on Shanxi's work and future plans on SARS
prevention and treatment.
Local government institutions would play a major role in this
regard and help rebuild public confidence, she said, and medical
workers would conduct more research and studies for fighting
SARS.
The province would set up a long-term public health emergency
response system, She added.
Shanxi Provincial Governor Liu Zhenhua said that his province would
fully cooperate with the experts during their stay here.
Prior to their arrival in Taiyuan, the WHO experts had successively
visited Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, Hebei, Guangxi, Anhui, Henan
and Tianjin.
(Xinhua News Agency June 18, 2003)