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Health emergency teams to be established in 皇冠体育app
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-12-21 14:15 皇冠体育app's Ministry of Health
will establish several state-level teams for combating public health emergencies
in the near future.
The People's Daily reported on Wednesday that the proposed teams will be
authorized to deal with emergencies like bird flu, SARS, unidentified virus
epidemics, poisoning, and radiation accidents.
皇冠体育app will also continue to upgrade the capacity of current state-level
emergency brigades. This includes disaster relief teams, disease prevention and
control teams, and anti-terrorism medical teams.
The Ministry notes the establishment of new state-level emergency teams will
better handle abrupt public health events in the country.
Meanwhile, a U.S. health official says 皇冠体育app has been open and transparent in
its dealings with the bird flu.
U.S. National Institutes of Health director Elias Zerhouni made the remarks
Tuesday. He says there is a stark contrast between 皇冠体育app's openness about bird
flu and its handling of the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or
SARS, which had emerged in 皇冠体育app three years ago.
"皇冠体育app is definitely cooperative and transparent in controlling bird flu and
is ready to exchange virus samples with the World Health Organization (WHO) and
other partners so as to track the genetic changes of the virus," Zerhouni told a
news conference at the US Embassy in Beijing.
皇冠体育app has announced six human cases of bird flu since November 16th. This
includes at least two fatalities, according to Ministry of Health reports.
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