Authorities in south China tighten SARS surveillance, step up civet cat crackdown
02/19/2007 12:48
Pravda
"Some 7,000 health inspectors have been mobilized in Guangdong province, where SARS first emerged in 2002, and have checked 10,000 restaurants for civet cats, the Xinhua News Agency said.
Civet cats, mongoose-like animals, are considered a delicacy in southern China and suspected of spreading severe acute respiratory syndrome to humans, although the original source of the virus has not been determined.
In January 2004, Guangdong banned the raising, selling, killing and the eating of civet cats. But health departments have been receiving increasing reports of illegal trade in the animals since November, Xinhua said, citing Huang Fei, deputy director of Guangdong's health department. No other details were given.
"The possibility of a SARS outbreak still exists in Guangdong in spring," Luo Huiming, an official with the Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was quoted as saying by Xinhua."
http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/19-02-2007/87546-sars-0
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02/19/2007 12:48
Pravda
"Some 7,000 health inspectors have been mobilized in Guangdong province, where SARS first emerged in 2002, and have checked 10,000 restaurants for civet cats, the Xinhua News Agency said.
Civet cats, mongoose-like animals, are considered a delicacy in southern China and suspected of spreading severe acute respiratory syndrome to humans, although the original source of the virus has not been determined.
In January 2004, Guangdong banned the raising, selling, killing and the eating of civet cats. But health departments have been receiving increasing reports of illegal trade in the animals since November, Xinhua said, citing Huang Fei, deputy director of Guangdong's health department. No other details were given.
"The possibility of a SARS outbreak still exists in Guangdong in spring," Luo Huiming, an official with the Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was quoted as saying by Xinhua."
http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/19-02-2007/87546-sars-0
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