The lessons learned from SARS
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1. This 2003 photo shows Peking Union Medical College Hospital during the SARS epidemic. 2. Beijing's normally bustling subway was unusually quiet during the epidemic in the spring of 2003. 3. Chen Tianyi (front) and her 96-year-old neighbor Shou Chongyi (second left) wait for their apartment block in Beijing's Haidian district to reopen. The building was isolated for 15 days after some residents were infected by the virus. 4. A doctor checks a patient's drip bottle at Beijing Ditan Hospital, one of the facilities that played a key role in the treatment of patients. Photos by Xu Jingxing / China Daily |
In the decade since the outbreak of the deadly infectious disease, China has reformed and upgraded its response and emergency services, but more still needs to be done, as Jiang Xueqing reports from Guangzhou.
