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To: RealMuLan who wrote (986)	10/13/2003 12:59:08 PM
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Medical expert predicts SARS outbreak in China A Chinese medical expert has predicted that SARS will return to China later this year. China's official news agency reports that a senior expert at Chinese Disease Control and Prevention Centre says Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome will definitely return during winter. More than 5,300 people caught the disease in China earlier this year and 349 died. Signs are positive that Chinese officials are more prepared for any future outbreak than they were earlier this year. An anti-SARS Government taskforce has been set up and hundreds of thousands of medical workers have received training in SARS diagnosis and treatment, and prevention of infections within hospitals. Authorities in the northern port city of Tianjin have resumed temperature checks on people arriving. Anyone with a high temperature, a key symptom of SARS, will be held for medical observation with their cases reported to authorities. abc.net.au China braces for SARS return with approaching winter BEIJING : As temperatures plunge, China is gearing up for a second round of SARS attacks. Some regions have resumed temperature checks following warnings by top epidemiologists that the virus will "definitely" return, local media reported. Advertisement At the northern port of Tianjin, temperature screenings were conducted for all arrivals into the city and those with readings higher than 38 degrees Celsius were reported to the authorities and put under medical observation. In the capital city, Beijing, its disease control centre is keeping a round-the-clock vigilance, and hospitals have maintained the special wards for suspect cases ever since they were first used at the peak of the outbreak in April and May. Inner Mongolia and Shanxi have already re-activated their emergency response systems. China has also resumed its daily updates of new SARS cases - though there have been none - after a Singaporean researcher became the first person to contract the virus in months. China made headlines earlier this year for failing to disclose the actual extent of the spread of SARS. But the country is determined to avoid the controversy this time, as health authorities have warned that delaying reports or concealing cases would result in severe punishment. Meanwhile authorities are also advising the public to exercise and maintain good respiratory health to keep the virus at bay. The consumption of wild animals is also discouraged as researchers have traced the virus to the civet cat, which is considered a delicacy in the southern regions. SARS surfaced in China during winter last year, with more than 5,300 contracting the disease. About 8,000 people were eventually infected worldwide, claiming more than 700 lives. - CNA channelnewsasia.com