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| Chronology of China's fight against SARS since April 20 （2） |
| CCTV.COM 2003-05-01 14:05:20 |
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April 21
The State Council sent out the second group of supervision teams to provinces, autonomous regions and municipality, includingBeijing, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Guangdong and Ningxia. The teams, led by senior officials of government departments, consisted of medical experts.
As of April 21, China's mainland had reported 2,001 confirmed SARS cases, of which 1,201 were discharged from hospital on recovery, as well as 92 fatalities.
Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing outlined the latest SARS situation and some major anti－SARS measures taken by the Chinese government to Eleih－Elle Etian, head of the foreign diplomatic mission and Cameroon ambassador to China, and other foreign diplomats.
The Chinese Ministry of Communications （MOC） issued an emergency circular requiring a nationwide clean－up campaign against possible SARS spread before the May Day holiday. It urged local branches to take precautions to assure sterilization and ventilation in bus stops, ferries and all vehicles.
A circular jointly issued by the State Food and Drug Administration and another four central government departments required relevant branches at all levels to put an upper limit on prices for anti－SARS drugs in case of any price hike.
The Labor and Social Security Ministry issued a circular, which required its branches to do a good job in protection of people who are covered by the basic medical insurance from the SARS attack.
The China National Tourism Administration issued an emergency circular to make it top priority to curb the spread of SARS by travelers.
Beijing's First Aid Center opened another ten 24－hour hotlines for SARS information.
A six－strong WHO team began a five－day investigation into Shanghai's SARS situation.
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Editor: Liu Hongji Source:Xinhua
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