An 11-member joint working group composed of WHO experts and officials from
the Chinese Ministry of Health arrived here Tuesday afternoon on a 10-day study
tour to witness severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) prevention work in
Shanxi province.The World Health Organization (WHO), lifted last Friday the
travel warning against Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia, all in north
China.
On Tuesday afternoon, Wang Xin, vice-governor of Shanxi province, briefed the
experts on Shanxi's work and future plans on SARS prevention and treatment.
Local government institutions would play a major role in this regard and help
rebuild public confidence, she said, and medical workers would conduct more
research and studies for fighting SARS. The province would set up a long-term
public health emergency response system, She added.Shanxi Provincial Governor
Liu Zhenhua said that his province would fully cooperate with the experts during
their stay here.
Prior to their arrival in Taiyuan, the WHO experts had successively visited
Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, Hebei, Guangxi, Anhui, Henan and Tianjin.
