2009-07-04
China is planning to amend its contingency plan of influenza pandemics to tackle the challenges of the possible out-break of the A/H1N1 flu epidemic across the country, according to Chen Zhu, the minister of China's Ministry of Health.
Chen made his remarks Thursday at a two-day summit of World Health Organization (WHO) in Cancun, a beach resort town in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
At the summit, Chen introduced measures adopted by the Chinese government to fight against the flu and the epidemic situations in the country to the WHO Director-General Margaret Chen and health ministers from around the globe.
China will step up efforts on the surveillance work and further develop the surveillance network covering more than 50 percent of prefectural-level cities nationwide, said the health minister.
Laboratories and sentinel hospitals will also be established around prefectural-level cities as well as key counties to ensure the flu cases, viruses, and underlying medical conditions are under control.
Chen also expressed China's determination on sharing experiences with the globe and working together with the world to develop the strategies and vaccines against the virus.
While addressing a side session on Friday, Chen said the international reporting system could be improved beyond encouraging and facilitating member states to strengthen solidarity and cooperation based on mutual respect.
He also called for the restructuring of pandemic reporting system to make it more global and more up to date, and asked the WHO to review the scientific definition of flu and develop strategies to prevent its mutation.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cancun. (XHTV)
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