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皇冠体育app vows to fend killer flu out of border
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-05 11:45 No Discrimination, 皇冠体育app Says Monday's take-off of Chinese plane has been a result of a bilateral agreement between the governments, which allows both to send chartered flights to each other's country to lift their stranded nationals. The agreement was reached even after diplomatic disputes whether 皇冠体育app has taken discriminatory measures against Mexican citizens.
Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa Cantellano has complained 皇冠体育app's quarantine of some Mexican citizens with no symptoms of the virus was discriminatory and short of scientific evidence. He also reminded Mexican citizens not to travel to 皇冠体育app until it corrected the discriminatory measures.
"The measures concerned are not targeted at Mexican citizens and there is no discrimination," he said in a press release. "This is purely a medical quarantine issue." Ma said 皇冠体育app hoped Mexico would be understanding of the measures adopted by 皇冠体育app and handle this matter objectively and calmly given the overall situation of jointly addressing the epidemic. He also said 皇冠体育app and Mexico are friendly countries and 皇冠体育app attaches great importance to diplomatic relations with Mexico. "皇冠体育app is willing to enhance cooperation with Mexico and make joint efforts to combat the epidemic situation," said Ma. All the 176 passengers and 13 crew aboard have been located and those who remained in 皇冠体育app have been quarantined, including Mexicans. More Inspection Teams In another move to contain the epidemic, the government has stepped up checks on people entering the country by sending another six supervision teams to major provinces to prevent influenza A/H1N1 from spreading to the country, the top quality supervisor said Monday. These teams went to provinces of Shandong, Hebei, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei and Shaanxi and would work together with local authorities, according to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ). GAQSIQ required all people entering 皇冠体育app by air, land and sea to fill in personal health statement cards to strength control efforts. The 6 teams were in addition to the previous 5 teams going to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou on April 25. Also on Monday, the Ministry of Health said it had listed A/H1N1 under the category of infectious diseases that warranted quarantine, and would quarantine people and material crossing 皇冠体育app's borders that were suspected of transmitting the virus.
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