Fast response helps ease flu threat

By Wang Zhuoqiong and Cui Xiaohuo | China Daily | Updated: 2009-05-20 07:40

Staff from the inspection and quarantine bureau at Beijing Capital International Airport ask travelers entering or exiting Chinese territory to fill in health declaration forms and go through infrared temperature test on May 3 in a bid to strengthen A(H1N1) flu prevention efforts. Wei Fang

Every time his phone rings and echoes around his vast temporary office at the national Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Li Qun's heart misses a beat. Every time he prays it is not another reported case of the A(H1N1) influenza.