WHO expert predicts no more SARS upsurge in China
( 2003-05-14 11:41 ) (8)

An expert from the World Health Organization (WHO) said here Tuesday that there would not be another upsurge of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in China thanks to its improving surveillance and health care system.

Alan Schnur, a WHO official based in Beijing, said the situation now in China is very much different from even a month ago.

With the strengthening of SARS education, people are more aware of the contagious disease and are fully prepared to control and prevent the illness, Schnur said.

He predicted there would be no further SARS upsurge in the country such as happened in Guangdong province and Beijing.

James Maguire, another member of the international organizationwho just finished an inspection in Hebei Province, said he was confident he would see China control the SARS epidemic under its improved surveillance and heath care system.

The WHO experts said the drop in the number of China's SARS cases in recent days was "encouraging", but warned that it was tooearly to say that the disease was declining.