Beijing will not relax its anti-SARS efforts, even though the World Health
Organization (WHO) has removed Beijing from its list of SARS-affected areas and
lifted the travel advisory against it, according to the city government.
The city government has issued a decree telling local people to continue
SARS-prevention work regardless of the fact that the epidemic has been brought
under effective control.
All the clinics for fever patients should remain operational, and all those
who are suspected of SARS infection should be put under medical observation for
two weeks. Meanwhile, the decree says all former SARS patients will be free to
move around.
Furthermore, all existing preventive measures, such as these adopted for
students, transients and visitors, must be strictly maintained, the decree says.
Local officials in charge of medical and sanitary work hoped that the
anti-SARS campaign would help local people abandon bad habits like littering and
public spitting and develop a healthy way of life.
