Home / SARS / Global Cooperation Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
Early Warning System Expected to Top Agenda of ASEAN Summit on SARS
Adjust font size:
An early warning system for SARS outbreak is expected to top the agenda of Tuesday's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) special summit.

The leaders are also expected to discuss a joint plan to strengthen the defense of their countries against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a disease that has affected many countries in the region.

The leaders will also review a series of measures to prevent the spread of SARS, particularly the screening of passengers at entry and exit points of all transport facilities including airports and railway stations.

Thai foreign Minister Surakiat Sathirathai said he expected the summit would help restore confidence both within and outside ASEAN.

He said information exchanges on SARS will also be established at the end of the summit.

Preventive and screening measures were proposed at a meeting of ASEAN health ministers in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday, and the ASEAN leaders are expected to review these measures and add their suggestions at the summit.

Security is heightened in and around the compound of Thailand's Foreign Ministry, where the special ASEAN summit is to be held. Infrared thermometers are installed to check body temperatures of all participants and journalists.

(Xinhua News Agency April 29, 2003)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous
China Archives
Related >>
- No Medical Checks-up for Leaders Attending ASEAN SARS Summit
- Thai PM Dismisses Reports on Change of ASEAN Summit Venue
- ASEAN Leaders Meet to Search Ways to Fight SARS
Most Viewed >>
- New dinosaur species identified in Zhejiang
- Sex photos a hot buy in Guangzhou
- China's 1st homemade navigation chip unveiled
- Visitors to Olympics urged to get permits
- Police seize 7 illegal DVD production lines
- China investigates 'contaminated eel' exporter
- Rice to visit China
- 2nd west-to-east gas pipeline project launched
- China to hear largest fake receipts case
- Japan firms blamed for stuffed buns contamination

Product Directory
China Search
Country Search
Hot Buys