WHO praises China's fight against SARS

WHO praises China's fight against SARS

BEIJING, China - David Heymann (L), executive director for communicable diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO), shakes hands with Gao Qiang, China's SARS prevention task force head and vice health minister, after a news conference in Beijing on June 12. Heymann gave China a clean bill of health for its efforts to fight severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and described government reporting about cases of the disease, which are apparently on the decline, as ''informative and complete.'' (Kyodo)

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